Question follow-through · 120700
Floods: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the causes of recent flooding in West Dorset constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the causes of recent flooding in West Dorset constituency.
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Mar 2026
Answer published
The recent flooding in West Dorset was caused by a combination of exceptionally high rainfall totals, leading to saturated ground conditions. January was the second-wettest winter on record since 1871. Groundwater levels across the county rose significant...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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