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Inland Waterways: West Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much flood risk management funding has been allocated to Environment Agency projects affecting the Aldingbourne Rife catchment in each of the last five financial years; and what fu

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
12 Mar 2026
Answer
17 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much flood risk management funding has been allocated to Environment Agency projects affecting the Aldingbourne Rife catchment in each of the last five financial years; and what fu

  2. 12 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Environment Agency has invested over £735,000 in the past two years on routine vegetation clearance and channel maintenance across the Aldingbourne Rife and connected watercourses. Each May the Environment Agency inspects the channel, followed by mach...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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