Thérèse Coffey corrected a written answer on Flood Control

19 January 2017 · Commons written answer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rachael Maskell (Labour, York Central) asked written question 57996 on 16 December 2016. Dr Thérèse Coffey answered on 21 December 2016 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Dr Thérèse Coffey corrected the answer on 19 January 2017. The figure 1 per cent in the original became 15 per cent in the correction, higher by 14 percentage points. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the partnership funding for flood protection raised within the current six-year programme has come from private sector donations.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
To reduce the risk of flooding to a further 300,000 homes as part of the flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, the Environment Agency expects currently that 1 per cent of the partnership funding contributions required will come from private sources. The Environment Agency continues to work in partnership with the private sector and expect that further contributions will be secured as the programme progresses.	To reduce the risk of flooding to a further 300,000 homes as part of the flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, the Environment Agency expects currently that 15 per cent of the partnership funding contributions required will come from private sources. The Environment Agency continues to work in partnership with the private sector and expect that further contributions will be secured as the programme progresses.

Original

Corrected

To reduce the risk of flooding to a further 300,000 homes as part of the flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, the Environment Agency expects currently that 1 per cent of the partnership funding contributions required will come from private sources. The Environment Agency continues to work in partnership with the private sector and expect that further contributions will be secured as the programme progresses.

To reduce the risk of flooding to a further 300,000 homes as part of the flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, the Environment Agency expects currently that 15 per cent of the partnership funding contributions required will come from private sources. The Environment Agency continues to work in partnership with the private sector and expect that further contributions will be secured as the programme progresses.

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