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Daniel Kawczynski
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(9 years, 5 months ago)
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Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con)
8. How many flood defence schemes will be built as part of the Government’s six-year flood defence programme.
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con)
11. How many flood defence schemes will be built as part of the Government's six-year flood defence programme.
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Elizabeth Truss)
With permission, I will answer questions 8 and 11 together.
We will be investing £2.3 billion in more than 1,400 defence schemes over the next six years, protecting at least 300,000 homes and reducing overall flood risk by 5% by 2021.