Question follow-through · 59769
Flood Control: South Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase funding for flood defence schemes in South Shropshire constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase funding for flood defence schemes in South Shropshire constituency.
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
We are investing £2.65 billion over two years to March 2026 to maintain, repair, and build flood defences. We’re committing a further £4.2 billion over three years from April 2026, an increase of 5% per year, as announced at Spending Review 2025. We are c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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