Written question asked by Selaine Saxby (Conservative) on Thursday, 23 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 30 March 2023 (named day). It was answered by Rebecca Pow (Conservative) on Thursday, 30 March 2023 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Flood Control: North Devon

Question: What steps her Department has taken to reduce storm overflows in North Devon constituency.

Answer

We are requiring water companies to deliver their largest ever infrastructure investment worth £56 billion over 25 years. South West Water are now required to undertake improvements to storm overflows in your constituency for example by increasing capacity of storm storage. I have also asked every water and sewerage company in the country to provide an action plan for every storm overflow, including South West Water.

We are driving increases in monitoring across the country with coverage increasing from 7% in 2010 under Labour to around 90% today, and 100% by the end of this year.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 904418
Session: 2022-23
Question not reached: Yes
Subjects: Flood control North Devon
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Flood Control: North Devon

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