Question follow-through · 38725
Land Drainage: King's Lynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 36866 on Internal Drainage Boards: Cambridgeshire, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the pumping infrastruc
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 36866 on Internal Drainage Boards: Cambridgeshire, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the pumping infrastruc
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2025
Answer published
St. Germans Pumping Station was completed in 2011 and is the largest pumping station in Britain. The pumping station drains an area of 700km2 which is mostly grade 1 agricultural land and encompasses 22,500 houses and 3,500 business. The fully automated p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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