Flooding

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 3:35 pm on 10 February 2014.

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Photo of Eric Pickles Eric Pickles The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 3:35, 10 February 2014

I know that my hon. Friend has had some particular problems. I looked carefully at the figures for building where there was an acute risk of flooding, and I am delighted to tell him that the number of buildings in high-risk areas is at an all-time low. I am also pleased to say that where there have been objections from, say, the Environment Agency, they have been adhered to on 99.3% of occasions.