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.
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 |
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| 5 |
February |
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| 2 | 2 |
March |
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| 1 |
| 1 |
April |
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May |
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June |
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July |
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August |
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September |
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| 1 |
| 1 |
October | 1 |
| 1 |
| 2 |
November |
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December |
| 1 |
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| 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 |