Question follow-through · 120702
Flood Control: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department provides to communities affected by 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 support her Department provides to communities affected by flooding in West Dorset constituency.
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Mar 2026
Answer published
Defra provides a wide range of support to rural communities affected by flooding. Typically, in response to flooding there will be a multi-partner strategic command, at which the Environment Agency (EA) and Dorset Council play a lead coordination role. Th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fertilisers: Strait of Hormuz
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Fertilisers: West Dorset
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support farmers in West Dorset constituency with fertiliser costs.
Fertilisers: Imports
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place to secure fertiliser supply in the event of disruption to global trade routes.
Fertilisers: Prices
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of fertiliser price increases on food prices.
Fertilisers: Supply Chains
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure long-term resilience in fertiliser supply chains.
River Wriggle: Sewage
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental impact of sewage discharges into the River Wriggle.
Rivers: Sewage
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department is taking to reduce sewage discharges affecting chalk streams such as the River Wriggle.
River Wriggle: Sewage
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what engagement her Department has had with water companies on infrastructure improvements to prevent sewage leaks into the River Wriggle.
River Wriggle: Sewage
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timeline her Department expects for upgrades to infrastructure to prevent further sewage discharges into the River Wriggle.
Fertilisers: Imports
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of UK fertiliser supply goes through (a) the strait of Hormuz and (b) the surrounding region.
Agriculture: Fuels
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers with recent changes in the level of price of fuel.
Agriculture: Fuels
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of recent changes in the level of fuel prices on farm profitability.