Question follow-through · 13336

Internal Drainage Boards: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the current funding model for Internal Drainage Boards creates unsustainable financial pressures for local authorities; and what plans she has t

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 25 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 29 Jun 2026
Answer: 1 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the current funding model for Internal Drainage Boards creates unsustainable financial pressures for local authorities; and what plans she has t
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jul 2026
Answer published
In response to increasing financial pressures on Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs), farmers and local authorities, Defra and MHCLG jointly commissioned research into IDB funding, costs, efficiency, value for money and wider benefits. The project, launched i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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