Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 24 February 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Environment Agency will take to investigate the extent to which the management of the Jubilee River contributed to recent water levels in the lower Thames region.
Environment Agency staff regularly inspect flood defence structures, including the Jubilee river. The river protects 3,200 properties. It operates so that flood levels up or downstream of the protected area are not adversely affected. Three independent reports have confirmed that the Jubilee river does not increase flood risk elsewhere.
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