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Coastal Erosion: Flood Control

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 64766

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61181 on Coastal Erosion: Flood Control, whether the quantum of the £2.65 billion funding over 2024-25 and 2025-26 has been amended since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Delivering on the Government’s Plan for Change, this government announced in February 2025 that it will spend £2.65 billion over 2024/25 and 2025/26, an average of £1.33 billion per year.

This investment compares to £1.05 billion spent under the previous government in 2023/24 and £950 million in 2022/23.

This Government has also announced the largest flood programme in history – committing a record £7.9 billion capital investment as part of its landmark 10-year Infrastructure Strategy.

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