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Bellwin Scheme: Great Yarmouth Borough Council

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 14 July 2026UIN 17536

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Great Yarmouth Borough Council has made any claims under the Bellwin scheme since the scheme was established.

Answered by Alison McGovern

Since 2002-03, Great Yarmouth Borough Council received Bellwin Scheme funding for two weather incidents in November 2007 and the Winter Floods of 2013-14.

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