PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Flood Control: North West Norfolk (30 November 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has allocate funding to projects to protect properties from flooding in King's Lynn and North West Norfolk constituency as part of its £5.2 billion six year flood and coastal defence programme.

Asked by:
James Wild (Conservative)

Earlier this year the Government announced it will invest a record £5.2 billion in a six-year capital investment programme for flood defences. This investment will deliver around 2,000 flood schemes, across every region of the country, and will better protect 336,000 properties from flooding.

The Environment Agency, King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board, Littleport & Downham Internal Drainage Board, Norfolk County Council and King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council have projects submitted for inclusion in the £5.2 billion capital flood programme.

The overall cost for these projects is estimated to be approximately £9 million within the North West Norfolk Constituency. They are eligible for approximately £4.7 million of Defra grant-in aid funding. The Environment Agency and Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for the region will now be considering the specific schemes for year one of the new programme.

Answered by:
Rebecca Pow (Conservative)
8 December 2020