Question follow-through · 27951
Sewers: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of degraded drainage infrastructure on trends in flooding levels in rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of degraded drainage infrastructure on trends in flooding levels in rural areas.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2025
Answer published
Protecting communities from the dangers of flooding is one of Defra’s top priorities. We have inherited flood assets in their poorest condition on record meaning approximately 60,000 properties are at a higher risk. We are taking decisive action to stop t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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