Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber
(asked on 12th January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of her Department's budget for (a) capital investment and (b) maintenance flood protection schemes in (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) Barnsley, (iii) South Yorkshire and (iv) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year to 2020.
The 6 year capital investment programme allows allocations to be identified at various geographical levels which are provided in the following table.
The maintenance allocation for the financial year 2016 to 2017 is due to be approved at the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC) meeting on January 21st.
Funding £000’s for the following financial years | |||||||
Location | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | |
| Barnsley East | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Barnsley | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
South Yorkshire | 7,540 | 5,460 | 3,142 | 9,215 | 10,104 | 2,487 | |
Yorkshire RFCC | 37,312 | 47,300 | 61,700 | 63,800 | 43,200 | 26,800 | |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 46,617 | 55,146 | 66,948 | 77,049 | 61,080 | 47,839 | |
Maintenance | Yorkshire RFCC | 15,063 | Yet to be agreed | ||||