Floods: Costs

(asked on 18th November 2016) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of flood damage as a result of Storms Desmond, Eva and Frank to (a) national park authorities, (b) county councils, (c) borough councils, (d) fire and rescue authorities, (e) police and crime authorities and (f) parish councils.


Answered by
Thérèse Coffey Portrait
Thérèse Coffey
This question was answered on 23rd November 2016

The Government does not routinely hold or collect data at these levels.

The Lake District National Park Authority estimated £10m worth of flood damage was caused to access infrastructure in the Lake District National Park as a result of Storms Desmond, Eva and Frank.

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