Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Natural Flood Management projects are currently funded by the Environment Agency within Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency; what their total value is; and what evidence has been gathered on their effectiveness in reducing flood risk for downstream properties.

The Anglian Eastern Regional Flood Coastal Committee has a Local Levy funding stream for Risk Management Authorities to support delivery of Natural Flood Management (NFM) projects. Successfully funded projects within the constituency include:

• Parham NFM £65,800
• Camp Green Farm, Debenham £75,000
• Crows Hall, Debenham £69,722
• Elm Farm, Debenham £75,000

Further bids within the constituency are under review. Evidence on the effectiveness of NFM measures has been compiled through national research programmes, into the Natural Flood Management Evidence. This provides an evidence base to help assess the likely flood risk reduction benefits that NFM can deliver.