PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Water Supply: Public Bodies (17 January 2024)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Ashley Dalton (Labour)
Answer
There is currently a technical barrier to the creation of new and expansion of existing internal drainage boards (IDBs), also known as water level management boards. The Government has amended the Land Drainage Act 1991, via the Environment Act 2021, to remove this barrier. This enables new updated valuation calculations for IDBs to use in apportioning their expenses between the beneficiaries of their work - drainage rates paid by farmers and special levies paid by local authorities - to be included in secondary legislation. We will aim to implement the statutory instrument as soon as possible, pending the outcome of the consultation which we hope to launch shortly.
It is a local choice where a new IDB is created, where there is local support to do so.
Answered by:
Robbie Moore (Conservative)
26 January 2024
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