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Question follow-through · 28893

River Great Ouse: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps further to those previously anticipated are needed by the Environment Agency to justify and gain approval to deliver the replacement of St Ives sluice.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Sept 2026
Target answer date
14 Sept 2026
Answer
17 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps further to those previously anticipated are needed by the Environment Agency to justify and gain approval to deliver the replacement of St Ives sluice.

  2. 14 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    St Ives Sluice is progressing through the Environment Agency full business case approval process. The fixed weir option currently provides the best whole life cost solution.

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Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire

11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to question 22817 on Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire, what assessment has she made of the source of the high nitrate levels found in water source

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Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22817 on Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire, if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) nitrates and (b) phosphates found in water source