Floods: Housing
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many flooded homes there were in the last year by region.
Answered by Emma Hardy
The table below represents properties flooded in Environment Agency (EA) Operational Areas from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. This information has been collated by EA Area teams and is based on information received from the public, flood partners and EA staff during national flood events. All figures are estimates and are subject to change as information is collated and updated, and records may differ from previously reported totals. Further impacts can sometimes be reported through recovery work with communities.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government may hold further detail about properties flooded during this time from Lead Local Flood Authorities.
EA Operational Area | Properties Flooded 1 April 2025– 31 March 2026 |
Cumbria and Lancashire | 24 |
Devon, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly | 122 |
East Anglia (Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire) | 2 |
East Anglia (Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk) | 5 |
East Midlands | 3 |
Greater Manchester Merseyside | 1 |
Hertfordshire & North London | 1 |
Kent & South London | 23 |
Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire |
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North East |
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Solent and South Downs | 17 |
Thames | 9 |
West Midlands (Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire) | 22 |
West Midlands (Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mids) | 10 |
Wessex | 279 |
Yorkshire (YOR) | 22 |
Total | 540 |
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