Written question asked by Lord Fearn (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 10 July 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 July 2017. It was answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative) on Monday, 24 July 2017 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Flood Control: North West

Question: Her Majesty's Government how many sea defence areas have been established during the last 10 years in North-West England; and where each such area is located.

Answer

The following schemes, resulting in improved protection from flooding and/or erosion for over 20,000 properties, have been, or are currently being, undertaken since 2007 in the North West of England:

Item	Defences	Location	Date
1	Morecambe coast protection scheme phases five and six	Lancashire	2007
2	Crane Wharf tidal river defences	Chester	2007
3	Thornton-Cleveleys phases two and three coast protection scheme	Wyre	2008
4	Hesketh Outmarsh West	Lancashire	2008
5	Lower Lancaster tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme phases one and two	Lancaster	2009
6	Stanah) sea defence improvements	Poulton-le-Fylde, Wyre	2009
7	West Kirby coast protection scheme	Wirral	2009
8	Cleveleys sea defence improvement works phase four	Wyre	2010
9	River Wyre embankment stabilisation works	Fleetwood, Wyre	2010
10	Cleveleys groyne works	Wyre	2010
11	Blackpool Central Area Scheme	Blackpool	2011
12	Cleveleys beach recharge works	Wyre	2011
13	Dubb Mill Point highway coast protection works	Allonby, Cumbria	2011
14	Eskmeals highway coast protection works	Cumbria	2012
15	Hightown dune restoration works	Sefton	2012
16	Teal Bay shingle management (groyne) works	Morecambe Lancashire	2013
17	River Mersey Warrington tidal flood risk management scheme phase 1	Cheshire	2013
18	Sunderland Point coast protection works	Lancashire	2013
19	Whitehaven Harbour emergency works	Cumbria	2014
20	West Shore Park coast protection scheme	Barrow	2014
21	Knott End sea defence replacement	Wyre	2014
22	Starr Hills sand dune management	Blackpool	2016
23	Anchorsholme coast protection scheme	Blackpool	2016
24	Hesketh Outmarsh East managed realignment	Lancashire	2016
25	Rossall coast protection and sea defence scheme phases one and two of three	Lancashire	2018
26	Morcambe sea defence improvement works	Lancashire	2019

In addition, there are dune restoration programmes on the Fylde Peninsula and the Sefton coast.

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL604
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Coastal areas Flood control North West
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Flood Control: North West

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