Question follow-through · 43489
Internal Drainage Boards: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of providing additional funding to Internal Drainage Boards.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 10 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
2 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of providing additional funding to Internal Drainage Boards.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government fully supports the important work internal drainage boards (IDBs) do in managing water and flood risk, benefiting communities, businesses and the environment. On 31st March the Government announced an additional £16 million boost to the IDB...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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