Flood Control

(asked on 19th December 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
(Labour (Co-op) - York Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 2.151 and table 1.10 of the Autumn Statement 2015, Cm 9162, how much in planned efficiency savings will fund the capital funding for flood protection in each year from 2016-17 to 2020-21.

Answered by
Thérèse Coffey Portrait
Thérèse Coffey
This question was answered on 10th January 2017

All of the efficiency savings will be reinvested in the Government’s six year capital investment programme to better protect homes and businesses across England. The table below summarises the Environment Agency’s forecast for these efficiency savings:

2016/17

£39.4 million

2017/18

£48.4 million

2018/19

£46.0 million

2019/20

£43.9 million

2020/21

£41.8 million

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