The six-point long term economic plan for Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire set out by the Prime Minister and Chancellor today includes a projected spend of £more than £250 million to protect homes and proprerties from flooding over the next six years.
The plan shows what has been delivered, what is underway and what more can be done to support the regional economy in the long term.
The pair met up to deliver speeches at the former home of Yorkshire Chemicals – now AQL – to set out the detailed plan as part of a day-long tour of the region.
The specific timetable to deliver the key concepts of the wide-ranging plan over the five years of the next parliament, and the following decade includes the following year on year spend for flood risk:
2015
- £26.1 million will be spent in the financial year 2014 -15 as part of £190.9 million Yorkshire and Humber Construction programme to protect houses in the region from flood risk. It is forecast that 25,886 houses will experience a reduction in flood risk
- £5.6 million in the financial year 2014-15 will be spent as part of the £137.4 million Yorkshire and Humber development programme on better protecting homes in the region from flood risk. 46,024 houses are forecast to experience a reduction in flood risk
2016
- £26 million will be spent as part of £190.9 million Yorkshire and Humber Construction Programme to protect houses in the region from flood risk in the financial year 2015-16
- £5.8 million will be spent in the financial year 2015-16 on better protecting homes in the region from flood risk, as part of the £137.4 million Yorkshire and Humber development programme
2017
- £24.8 million will be spent in the financial year 2016-17 as part of the £190.9 million Yorkshire and Humber Construction programme, to protect houses in the region from flood risk
- £17 million will be spent on better protecting homes in the region from flood risk, as part of the £137.4 million Yorkshire and Humber region Development programme
2018
- £25 million will be spent in the financial year 2017-18 as part of £190.9 million Yorkshire and Humber Construction programme to protect houses in the region from flood risk
- £30.3 million will be spent in the financial year 2017-18 on better protecting homes in the region from flood risk, as part of the £137.4 million Yorkshire and Humber development programme
2019
- £25.7 million to be spent as part of £190.9 million Yorkshire and Humber Construction programme to protect houses in the region from flood risk
- £32 million as part of the £137.4 million Yorkshire and Humber development programme will be spent in the financial year 2018-19 on better protecting homes in the region from flood risk
2020
- £19.8 million will be spent as part of a £190 million Yorkshire and Humber construction programme protecting houses in the region from flood risk
- £27.1 million will be spent as part of the £190 million Yorkshire and Humber development programme protecting houses in the region from flood risk
2021
- £13.6 million will be spent in the financial year 2020-2021 as part of the £190.9 million Yorkshire and Humber Construction programme to protect houses in the region from flood risk
- £16.9 million will be spent in the financial year 2020-21 on better protecting homes in the region from flood risk, as part of the Yorkshire and Humber development programme
- By end of 2021, £13.3 million will be invested in flood defence measures at Lincolnshire Lakes to bring forward 6,000 new homes
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