Flood Control

Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered am ar 14 Mawrth 2013.

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Photo of Mary Creagh Mary Creagh Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent on partnership funding expenditure on flood defence in each of the last three years; and how much is planned to be spent in such fashion in each of the next three years.

Photo of Richard Benyon Richard Benyon The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The following tables summarise the total external contributions that supplemented Government spending on flood and coastal risk management projects in England in the previous three years and the amounts that are anticipated in each of the next three years.

In 2012-13, the Environment Agency updated the flood and coastal risk management projects programme to reflect the new partnership funding approach. Partnership funding clarifies what level of investment communities can expect so that they can secure funding from other sources to allow schemes to go ahead. It therefore gives local people more choice in how their community is protected as well as a method by which taxpayer funding can be spread further and achieve more.

The figures for the financial years up to 2011-12 represent the total amounts spent.

The figures for 2012-13 onwards are current best estimates of the amounts to be spent, based on expected contributions. They are subject to change based on final scheme out-turns and final negotiations with all partners.

None of the figures quoted include local levy income from Regional Flood and Coastal Committees.

Financial year External contributions spent in England (£ million)
2009-10 4.0
2010-11 5.0
2011-12 5.4
Financial year Expected spend in England (£ million)
2012-13 11.6
2013-14 58.0
2014-15 73.0

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