Question follow-through · 24198
Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of frequent flooding on the (a) economy and (b) social cohesion of areas impacted.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of frequent flooding on the (a) economy and (b) social cohesion of areas impacted.
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2025
Answer published
Flood defences are critical to the protection of life and property and the effective functioning of the economy. Resilience and adaptation to the changing climate provide economic resilience and are key to supporting the government’s mission to kickstart ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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