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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 23 April 2024 to Question 21424 on Property Flood Resilience Scheme, which local authorities were eligible to make a claim under the new property threshold for Storm Babet in October 2023 that would have been unable to do so under the previous threshold.

The below District authorities declared fewer than 25 flooded properties as a result of Storm Babet. Under the criteria applied for the 2019 and 2020 Property Flood Resilience Repair Grant (PFR Grant) they would not have qualified for assistance. As they are within a Lead Local Flood Authority area which overall had more than 50 flooded properties, (the threshold applied for the current schemes), they are included in the Storm Babet PFR Grant Scheme.

Nottinghamshire Charnwood Borough Council, Rushcliffe Borough Council and Mansfield District Council

Leicestershire: Blaby District Council, Harborough District Council, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, Melton Borough Council and Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Norfolk: Broadland District Council, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council and Norwich City Council

Worcestershire: Bromsgrove District Council, Wychavon District Council, Wyre Forest District Council, Redditch Borough Council

Lincolnshire: South Kesteven District Council

Derbyshire: High Peak Borough Council, South Derbyshire District Council