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Internal Drainage Boards: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to reform funding arrangements for Internal Drainage Board levies.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
16 Oct 2024
Answer
21 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to reform funding arrangements for Internal Drainage Board levies.

  2. 16 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Defra has committed to work with the internal drainage board (IDB) sector and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to review IDBs’ current funding and costs. This will include examination of whether any changes are needed to their fun...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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