Question follow-through · 49946

Climate Change: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether funding for climate adaptation will be included in the spending review.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
2 May 2025
Target answer date
7 May 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether funding for climate adaptation will be included in the spending review.

  2. 7 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises that preparing for the future means adapting to the effects of climate change. Without action, flooding, coastal erosion and other climate hazards will pose greater risks to lives, livelihoods and people’s wellbeing. As set out i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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