Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 10 June 2025.
Jack Rankin
Conservative, Windsor
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Government’s housebuilding target on funding for flood defences after 2026.
Emma Hardy
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
We are investing a record £2.65 billion over two years to March 2026. We’ll maintain the highest levels of flood protection, taking decisive action to fix our broken planning system and deliver 1.5 million homes through our Plan for Change. Funding decisions for after 2026 will be made at the Spending Review.
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