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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency's budget for flood prevention and mitigation was in Leicestershire in the 2023-24 financial year.

The Environment Agency (EA) has spent the following in Leicestershire on flood prevention and mitigation:

• Investment in capital projects in Leicestershire in 2023/24 included:

• £223k on Wood Brook and Tributaries Flood Risk Management scheme to develop the business case.
• £59k on Quorn House recondition work to repair flood bank low spots.
• £48k on Leicester Flood Risk Management Scheme conveyance works to complete handover of asset to the local authority.
• £25k on River Soar Flood Risk Management Scheme to close-out the project which cannot proceed due to it being economically unviable.
• £20k on new flow gauging on Rothley Brook at Rothley for improved flood warning and modelling.

Additionally, in 23/24 the EA were allocated £2.9 million revenue funding for flood prevention and mitigation in Leicestershire. This is for the EAs work on asset maintenance and repairs, and in-river maintenance such as vegetation clearance and de-silting.