Flood Control: Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will publish the total amount of spending on property flood resilience in each of the last five years; and how many properties have benefited from such measures in each of those years.
Answered by Emma Hardy
The Environment Agency (EA) delivers PFR Schemes as part of the flood investment programme. Between April 2021 and March 31 2025, over £9m has been invested in Property Flood Resilience measures, delivering 1245 properties better protected.*
*Figures are provided in the table below
Year | PFR investment | Properties |
2021/22 | £1.0m | 179 |
2022/23 | £1.6m | 266 |
2023/24 | £2.9m | 447 |
2024/25 | £3.5m | 353 |
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