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Flood Control: Leicestershire

Asked by Edward ArgarConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 17 January 2025UIN 22298

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency's budget for flood prevention and mitigation was in Leicestershire in the 2023-24 financial year.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Environment Agency (EA) has spent the following in Leicestershire on flood prevention and mitigation:

  • Investment in capital projects in Leicestershire in 2023/24 included:
  • £223k on Wood Brook and Tributaries Flood Risk Management scheme to develop the business case.
  • £59k on Quorn House recondition work to repair flood bank low spots.
  • £48k on Leicester Flood Risk Management Scheme conveyance works to complete handover of asset to the local authority.
  • £25k on River Soar Flood Risk Management Scheme to close-out the project which cannot proceed due to it being economically unviable.
  • £20k on new flow gauging on Rothley Brook at Rothley for improved flood warning and modelling.

Additionally, in 23/24 the EA were allocated £2.9 million revenue funding for flood prevention and mitigation in Leicestershire. This is for the EAs work on asset maintenance and repairs, and in-river maintenance such as vegetation clearance and de-silting.

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