PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Flood Control (19 December 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 2.151 and table 1.10 of the Autumn Statement 2015, Cm 9162, how much in planned efficiency savings will fund the capital funding for flood protection in each year from 2016-17 to 2020-21.

Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)

All of the efficiency savings will be reinvested in the Government’s six year capital investment programme to better protect homes and businesses across England. The table below summarises the Environment Agency’s forecast for these efficiency savings:

2016/17	£39.4 million
2017/18	£48.4 million
2018/19	£46.0 million
2019/20	£43.9 million
2020/21	£41.8 million

Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
10 January 2017