To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish a plan and timetable for implementing the findings of Sir Michael Pitt's review of flooding. (226701)

The Government will be publishing a full response to Sir Michael Pitt's recommendations shortly.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his written ministerial statement of 4 February 2008, Official Report, columns 49-50WS, on flood and coastal erosion risk management (budget allocations and outcomes targets), what plans he has to make funding allocations beyond those indicated in the statement to enable the implementation of Sir Michael Pitt's recommendations on flooding. (226702)

I refer the hon. Member to the statement given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 25 June 2008, Official Report, column 301. Sir Michael Pitt's review included a recommendation that

“The Government should commit to a strategic long-term approach to its investment in flood risk management, planning up to 25 years ahead”.

The Government will be publishing their response to all of Sir Michael Pitt's recommendations shortly.