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Floods: Home Insurance

Asked by Charlie MaynardLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 December 2025UIN 94933

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many properties are covered by FloodRe.

Answered by Emma Hardy

In 2024/25, Flood Re provided cover for over 346,000 household policies. Of these, 30% of the policies ceded to Flood Re in the financial year to 31 March 2025 had not previously been ceded to the Scheme. In total, 650,000 properties have benefited since the scheme’s launch. Flood Re publish these figures annually in their annual report.

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