PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Flood Control (16 December 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the partnership funding for flood protection raised within the current six-year programme has come from private sector donations.

Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)

To reduce the risk of flooding to a further 300,000 homes as part of the flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, the Environment Agency expects currently that 15 per cent of the partnership funding contributions required will come from private sources. The Environment Agency continues to work in partnership with the private sector and expect that further contributions will be secured as the programme progresses.

Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
21 December 2016