To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which (a) local authorities and (b) drainage boards have still to produce a publicly available policy statement setting out plans for delivering the Government's policy aims and objectives for flood and coastal defence.

When information on policy statements received was last compared with the Environment Agency in September 2002, statements had yet to be received from the following bodies:

Internal Drainage Boards (13)

Adlingfleet and Whitgift DC

Althorpe DB

Crowle Area IDB

Gravesend Bridge to Sheerness and Penshurst C of S

Lombards Wall to Gravesend

Bridge C of S

Rawcliffe DB

Scotter IDB

South Axholme IDB

Thorntree IDB (completion expected by December 2002)

Tickhill DB

West Axholme

West Butterwick

Woodwalton DC

Local Authorities (117)

Ashfield District Council

Aylesbury Vale District Council

Babergh District Council

Barking and Dagenham London

Borough Council

Barnet London Borough Council

Basildon District Council

Basingstoke and Deane

Borough Council

Blaby District Council

Boston Borough Council

Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Bradford City Council

Breckland Council

Brent London Borough Council

Brentwood Borough Council

Bridgnorth District Council

Brighton and Hove Council

Broadland District Council

Bromsgrove District Council

Broxbourne Borough Council

Cambridge City Council

Carrick District Council

Castle Point Borough Council

Chelmsford Borough Council

Chester-le-Street District Council

Chiltern District Council

City of London

Corby Borough Council

Craven District Council

Crawley Borough Council

Croydon London Borough Council

Dacorum Borough Council

Dartford Borough Council

Derbyshire Dales District Council

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Ealing London Borough Council

East Cambridgeshire District Council

East Hertfordshire District Council

East Lindsey District Council

Fenland District Council

Forest Heath District Council

Forest of Dean District Council

Greenwich London Borough Council

Guildford Borough Council

Hackney London Borough Council

Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council

Harborough District Council

Haringey London Borough Council

Harlow District Council

Havering London Borough Council

High Peak Borough Council

Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council

Horsham District Council

Isles of Scilly Council

Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough

Kettering Borough Council

King's Lynn & West Norfolk

Borough Council

Kingston upon Thames Royal Borough

Lewisham London Borough Council

Lincoln City Council

Maidstone Borough Council

Maldon District Council

Malvern Hills District Council

Mendip District Council

Merton London Borough Council

Mid Devon District Council

Milton Keynes Council

Newham London Borough Council

North Hertfordshire District Council

North Kesteven District Council

North West Leicestershire District Council

North Wiltshire District Council

Norwich City Council

Nottingham City Council

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Oxford City Council

Penwith District Council

Plymouth City Council

Reading Borough Council

Redbridge London Borough Council

Richmond upon Thames London

Borough Council

Rochford District Council

Rushmoor Borough Council

Salisbury District Council

Sedgefield Borough Council

Sedgemoor District Council

Selby District Council

Slough Borough Council

South Bucks District Council

South Derbyshire District Council

South Hams District Council

South Holland District Council

South Kesteven District Council

South Norfolk District Council

South Oxfordshire District Council

South Somerset District Council

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

Spelthorne Borough Council

St. Albans District Council

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

Stevenage Borough Council

Teesdale District Council

Three Rivers District Council

Thurrock Borough Council

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Uttlesford District Council

Wakefield City Council

Waltham Forest London Borough Council

Wandsworth London Borough Council

Watford Borough Council

West Berkshire Council

West Lindsey District Council

West Somerset District Council

West Wiltshire District Council

Westminster City Council

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

Windsor & Maidenhead Royal Borough

Wokingham Council

Wyre Forest District Council

It should be noted that many of these councils do not have watercourses presenting significant flood risk.