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Flooding: Grant Schemes

Thursday 15 October 2020 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • Ministerial Department expects local authorities to manage localised flooding through established contingency measures.
  • Government activates flood recovery framework in exceptional circumstances, including community recovery grants for businesses.
  • Funding for the next flood defence programme has been doubled to 5.2 billion to protect 336,000 properties.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Joy Morrissey Con Beaconsfield
Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Context

The question is prompted by the need for effective flood recovery measures in areas affected by flooding. The MP seeks clarity on available support.

Question

What steps his Department is taking to help ensure grant schemes are available to (a) homes and (b) businesses affected by flooding?

Answer from Rebecca Pow

For localised flooding, we expect local authorities to have established contingency measures. In exceptional circumstances, the Government activate their flood recovery framework which was last triggered following the severe flooding in February 2020. It includes community recovery grant, business recovery grant, council tax discount schemes and business rate relief schemes.

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Q2 Joy Morrissey Con Beaconsfield
Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Context

The market town of Marlow, located adjacent to the Thames and on a floodplain, is in need of future-proofed flood defence measures due to climate change.

Question

Can my hon. Friend assure the House that we will be fit for the future when it comes to flood defences?

Answer from Rebecca Pow

The Government have doubled their funding in the next flood defence programme to £5.2 billion which will better protect 336,000 properties. In the summer, we allocated £170 million to shovel-ready flood defence projects and another £200 million for innovative projects due to climate change demands.

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