Written question WQ82402
- Asked by
- Heledd FychanPlaid
- To be answered by
- Minister for Climate Change
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 9 days
Question
How much funding did Natural Resources Wales receive for for flood mitigation in 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 and how much did they spend each year on this?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Climate Change
Start of year allocations and end of year drawdown by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) for flood risk management are set out below:
Financial Year
Allocation at start of year
Total annual spend (Drawdown)
Capital
Revenue
TOTAL
Capital
Revenue
2016-17
£9.5m
£18.5m
£28m
£13.4m
£20.61m
2017-18
£16.3m
£18.25m
£34.55m
£19.53m
£18.68m
2018-19
£20.1m
£19.75m
£39.85m
£17.34m
£21.9m
2019-20
£12.7m
£19.75m
£32.45m
£5.74m
£19.8m
2020-21
£9.23m
£21m
£30.23m
£12.93m
£21m
2021-22
£17.21m
£21m
£38.21m
Capital allocations to NRW are based on its annual programme which fluctuates from year to year depending on the number of large schemes being brought forward, many of which are delivered over several years. The Welsh Government’s capital flood programme comprises schemes submitted by NRW and Local Authorities which are assessed against different factors to generate a prioritised annual programme. Scheme proposals are prioritised on the latest evidence on risk to communities, previous flooding, value for money as well as the number of properties benefitting from the proposed scheme. As a result, there is some year to year fluctuation in annual capital allocations to NRW and Local Authorities.