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Written question asked by Bob Spink (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 23 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 March 2010. It was answered by Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) on Monday, 29 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Floods: Castle Point

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department received bids for funding for early actions to tackle local flood risk from (a) Essex county council and (b) Castle Point borough council.
Answer

Essex county council did not bid for Early Action flood protection funding.Castle Point borough council bid for a Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP). This was unsuccessful. We received bids totalling in excess of £20 million. Allocation was prioritised on the scale of risk reduction; number of properties within the SWMP; certainty of the risk being managed; and confidence of the proposal delivering by March 2011.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c608W; 324648
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Floods Castle Point
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk