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Flood Control: EU Grants and Loans

Answer

In the last five years, £1,571,212 of European regional development fund was given to one flood defence-related capital project in London. This was the only expenditure in the England fund programme on flood defence.

No European regional development fund funding from the Yorkshire and the Humber Fund Programme has been committed to, or spent on, flood defence schemes in the last five years.

Flood defences do not generally meet the criteria in the 2007-13 European regional development fund operational programmes although some applications have included aspects of flood defence.

The criteria for submissions of project proposals are defined in each of the nine European regional development fund operational programmes in England. An applicant would need to consider those set out in the relevant operational programme and determine whether their proposal meets them. However, it is unlikely that a flood defence-related project would meet the criteria in most of the operational programmes as the four priorities for the 2007-13 programme are:

Promoting innovation and knowledge transfer;

Stimulating enterprise and supporting successful business;

Ensuring sustainable development, production and consumption; and

Building sustainable communities.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

110699; 546 cc5-6W

Session

2012-13

Subjects

Flood control EU grants and loans

Link

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