Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 20 July 2026.
Rebecca Harris
Assistant Whip, Opposition Chief Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding she will make available for flood defences in each of the next five years for (a) Castle Point Constituency and (b) Essex.
Emma Hardy
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Environment agency is currently in the early stages of the funding allocation process, with funding allocations to be confirmed in 2027 for the following financial years.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
