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Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what weighting (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency give to world heritage site status when determining funding for flood defences.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
4 Sept 2024
Answer
10 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what weighting (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency give to world heritage site status when determining funding for flood defences.

  2. 4 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The impacts of coastal erosion and flooding on heritage assets are included in the economic impacts assessment for flood and coastal erosion schemes. Last year, the Environment Agency published the Environment and Historic Environment Outcomes Valuation G...

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