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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the number of additional homes in (a) Runcorn and Helsby constituency and (b) the North West at risk of flooding by 2050.

On 17 December 2024 the Environment Agency published the ‘National assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England 2024’ report on GOV.UK which provides a picture of current and future flood and coastal erosion risk across England.

On 28 January 2025 they will publish the new NaFRA data on check your long term flood risk and on data.gov.uk​ which will cover all of England, including Runcorn and Helsby constituency. This will include the latest UK Climate Projections and the potential impact of climate change on flood risk in areas across England.