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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she had made of the performance of the Environment Agency in achieving its objectives set by the EA2025 corporate plan.

The Environment Agency publishes its corporate scorecard on a quarterly basis, assessing its performance against the EA2025 corporate plan. This can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/environment-agency-corporate-scorecard

Defra also regularly assesses the Environment Agency’s performance across key priorities in Quarterly and Ministerial Performance Reviews. These reviews enable joint discussion of progress against priorities and any risks, challenges and opportunities that may emerge during the year.

Defra ministers regularly meet with the Environment Agency leadership to discuss performance and delivery of departmental priorities.