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Written question asked by Lord Patten (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 December 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 December 2016. It was answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative) on Monday, 19 December 2016 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Floods: Business

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 25 November (HL3252), whether the number of such non-residential properties has declined or grown since 2006; and by what number.

Answer

The Environment Agency estimates the number of non-residential properties in areas at high risk of flooding from rivers and the sea to have increased by about 25,000 in England since 2006. This is primarily due to improvements in modelling and changes to the classification of properties.

The number of properties in areas at high risk of flooding from surface water was first estimated in December 2013. Since then, the number of non-residential properties in areas at high risk of flooding from surface water has increased by about 12,000 in England. This increase is primarily due to improvements in the base maps used for modelling data.

The property type information and the modelling methods upon which these estimates are based have improved significantly over this period of time, making exact comparisons more difficult.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3944
Session
2016-17
Related items
Floods: Business
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Business Floods
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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