Rory Stewart corrected a written answer on Flood Control: Finance

4 February 2016 · Commons written answer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Caroline Lucas (Green Party, Brighton, Pavilion) asked written question 19606 on 10 December 2015. Rory Stewart answered on 18 December 2015 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Rory Stewart corrected the answer on 4 February 2016. The corrected text adds the figures 300,000, £2.3, which the original did not give. Altogether 28 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2015 to Question 16031, how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and how much the agency projects it will spend on such defences in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, (iii) 2017-18, (iv) 2018-19 and (v) 2019-20.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested: Allocation £m \| 2010/11 \| 2011/12 \| 2012/13 \| 2013/14 \| 2014/15 Asset Management \| 168 \| 156 \| 169 \| 147 \| 171 The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.	The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested: Allocation £m \| 2010/11 \| 2011/12 \| 2012/13 \| 2013/14 \| 2014/15 Asset Management \| 168 \| 156 \| 169 \| 147 \| 171 The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament. In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.

Original

Corrected

The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:
Allocation £m
| 2010/11
| 2011/12
| 2012/13
| 2013/14
| 2014/15
Asset Management
| 168
| 156
| 169
| 147
| 171
The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.
In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.

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