Question follow-through · 98907
Floods: Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she expects the repair work on (a) St Ives and (b) Brownshill staunches to be completed.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she expects the repair work on (a) St Ives and (b) Brownshill staunches to be completed.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Environment Agency (EA) remains committed to maintaining and repairing these assets and has secured funding for repairs to St Ives Sluice and Brownshill Staunch Sluice through to 31 March 2027. Subject to successful procurement and weather conditions,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was allocated to (a) St Ives and (b) Brownshill sluice for 2026/27.
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19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to question 104939 on River Great Ouse: Flood Control, by when will phase 1 of the gate refurbishment project be completed.
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19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the current asset condition of a) Brownshill and b) St Ives staunch.