Question follow-through · 111982
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 151 flood defence schemes were classified by the Environment Agency as minor works, including repairs or upgrades to existing assets such as sluice gates, pumping stati
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 151 flood defence schemes were classified by the Environment Agency as minor works, including repairs or upgrades to existing assets such as sluice gates, pumping stati
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2026
Answer published
During 24/25 and 25/26, this Government has invested a record £2.65 billion in new flood defences with at least 52,000 properties set to be better protected by March 2026. Between July 2024 and July 2025, this investment funded work to complete 151 flood ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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