questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to announce the long-term funding solution for internal drainage boards.
answerText: Internal drainage boards (IDBs) are mainly funded locally through drainage rates paid directly by agricultural landowners and special levies issued to district or unitary authorities. Defra and DLUCH are working together to review the funding pressures re...
heading: Internal Drainage Boards: Finance