Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent from the public purse on flood (a) defence and (b) prevention schemes in Cumbria in each of the last 10 years.
The table below summarises Government capital spend on flood and coastal risk management schemes in Cumbria for each year between April 2007 and March 2016. These investments included funding for flood alleviation schemes in Carlisle, completed in 2010 at a cost of £22.5 million, and Penrith, costing £5.6 million and completed in 2011. Flood alleviation schemes in Keswick and Cockermouth were also completed in 2012 and 2013 at a cost of £6 million and £4.4 million respectively.
Year | Government capital investment for Cumbria (in £m) |
2007/08 | 8.314 |
2008/09 | 11.354 |
2009/10 | 12.483 |
2010/11 | 9.507 |
2011/12 | 6.328 |
2012/13 | 4.291 |
2013/14 | 2.394 |
2014/15 | 2.086 |
2015/16 | 2.502 |
The Environment Agency does not retain historic spend data prior to 2007 which can be split by specific geographic regions consistently. This is due to different financial accounting systems being in place prior to 2007