Question follow-through · 94685
Floods: Warnings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s commitment to improve national flood forecasting, (a) what assessment she has made of the performance of the new flood warning system during Storm Cl
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s commitment to improve national flood forecasting, (a) what assessment she has made of the performance of the new flood warning system during Storm Cl
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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3 Dec 2025
Answer published
During Storm Claudia, the Environment Agency (EA) sent more than 130 flood warnings and 270 flood alerts. These reached people through text (315,000 messages), email (350,000), and automated calls (225,000). The Floodline recorded information service also...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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