Question follow-through · 126775
Housing: Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support properties being retrofitted with permeable surfaces to reduce flooding risks.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2026 · 9 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
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support properties being retrofitted with permeable surfaces to reduce flooding risks.
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2026
Answer published
Building Regulations apply when new building work is being undertaken. The options for dealing with rainwater are set out at Schedule 1 Part H of the Building Regulations 2010 which state that paved areas around a building shall be adequately drained and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sikhs: Discrimination
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