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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) budget, (b) outturn and (c) end-of-year surplus was for flood asset maintenance in her Department in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.

The table below shows the budget for asset maintenance activities for each year from 2010/11 to 2014/15. The actual spend on asset maintenance is in line with the budget for each year, excluding 2014/15. Information on actual spending for the final year cannot be confirmed until the Environment Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts have been signed off and laid before Parliament.

The figure for 2014/15 includes the additional maintenance funding provided by Defra in the wake of flooding over winter 2013/14.