Question follow-through · 65132
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the time taken for flooding investigations to be completed.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the time taken for flooding investigations to be completed.
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2025
Answer published
On becoming aware of a flood in its area, a lead local flood authority (LLFA) must investigate to the extent it considers it necessary or appropriate. This duty comes under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When a LLFA undertakes an i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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