Thames Flood Barrier

(asked on 3rd March 2020) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the Thames flood barrier has been closed in each month since January 2017.


Answered by
Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 9th March 2020

There have been 12 Thames Barrier Flood Defence Closures since January 2017. The table below shows how these have fallen over the following months.

2017

2018

2019

2020

Total

January

2

3

5

February

2

2

March

1

1

April

May

June

July

August

September

1

1

October

1

1

2

November

December

1

1

There have been 46 Thames Barrier Closures in total since January 2017. This includes monthly test closures and flood defence closures. A table showing the monthly breakdown is below:

2017

2018

2019

2020

Total

January

3

3

1

1

8

February

1

1

1

2

5

March

1

1

2

4

April

1

1

1

3

May

1

1

1

3

June

1

1

1

3

July

1

1

1

3

August

1

1

1

3

September

1

1

1

3

October

2

1

2

5

November

1

1

1

3

December

1

1

1

3

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