Question follow-through · 16711

Coastal Erosion: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of residential properties expected to be lost to coastal erosion in the next five years by local authority area.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
9 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of residential properties expected to be lost to coastal erosion in the next five years by local authority area.

  2. 9 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Environment Agency’s National Coastal Erosion Risk Map (NCERM), published in 2025, provides estimates of properties in areas at risk of coastal erosion by local authority over longer-term periods, including up to 2055 and 2105. This information is pub...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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