Question follow-through · 19762

Emergencies: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16362, whether her Department maintains (a) a central register and (b) an estimate of funding allocated for civil contingencies and emergency planning across depart

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 54 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16362, whether her Department maintains (a) a central register and (b) an estimate of funding allocated for civil contingencies and emergency planning across depart

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    HM Treasury allocated significant funding to departments at Spending Review 2025 (SR25) to protect the public and the environment from emergencies, and for civil preparedness. This includes £4.2bn to build and maintain flood defences, £520m to build resil...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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