Question follow-through · 116549
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the disaggregation of local authority responsibilities in the context of local government reorganisation on (a) flood
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the disaggregation of local authority responsibilities in the context of local government reorganisation on (a) flood
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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5 Mar 2026
Answer published
Lead Local Flood Authorities are required, under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, to develop and maintain a strategy for managing local flood risk. They also have a duty to collaborate with other flood risk management authorities and to keep a reg...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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