questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the frequency of flooding in York; and whether he has made an assessment of whether the flood defence barriers will be exceeded before 2039.
answerText: Following flooding in York in December 2015, the Environment Agency (EA) received a £64 million booster funding to better protect 2,000 properties within the city and local communities, in addition to £38 million to upgrade the Foss Barrier. The flood man...
heading: Floods: York