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Flood Control: Internal Drainage Boards

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 26 February 2025UIN 31112

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question 26373, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of transferring balancing ponds owned by National Highways to Internal Drainage Boards.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The ownership and management of National Highways’ assets, at this level, fall within National Highways’ delegated authority. The Department does not plan to make an assessment on the future ownership of balancing ponds owned by National Highways.

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