PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Floods (15 December 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which sites she has identified as being at high risk from potential flooding caused by storms this winter.
Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
By the end of September 2016 the standard of protection to all communities affected by last winter’s flooding had been restored to the same standard as before last winter’s storms. Temporary measures are in place to protect communities where permanent repairs will take longer to complete.
You can check your flood risk at https://www.gov.uk/check-flood-risk
The Met Office’s three month outlook for December, January and February suggests that the most likely outcome overall is for a typical winter. For December-January-February period as a whole, below-average precipitation is slightly more probable than above-average.
Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
19 December 2016
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