Question follow-through · 8075

Floods: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to provide grants for people whose (a) property and (b) business has been (i) flooded and (ii) significantly impacted by flooding.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 8 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 10 Oct 2024
Answer: 15 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to provide grants for people whose (a) property and (b) business has been (i) flooded and (ii) significantly impacted by flooding.
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government recognises that flooding is devastating for those affected. Protecting communities from flooding is a key priority for this Government. The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) co-ordinates the Government's Flood R...

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