The following table identifies the capital, revenue and local levy expenditure from the start of the financial year to the end of September 2008. The figures are in line with the Environment Agency's expenditure forecast.
£ million Regions Capital (Actual) Revenue (Actual) Local levy (Actual) Total expenditure Anglian 37.9 17.3 2.4 57.6 Midlands 9.7 11.2 0.5 21.4 North-east 9 10.4 1.2 20.6 North-west 9.3 12.4 1.7 23.4 Southern 5.8 11.8 0.4 18.0 South-west 11.5 12.7 3.2 27.4 Thames 11.6 20.8 6.0 38.4 Total English regions 94.8 96.6 15.4 206.8 Head office 10.4 25.2 — 35.6 Total FDGiA expenditure 105.2 121.8 — 227.0
The Environment Agency has also paid out £19.5 million of grant to local authorities and internal drainage boards for coastal and non main river projects that they are delivering.
The Environment Agency directs flood risk expenditure into areas which are most at risk of flooding, it does not make a distinction between urban and rural when defining flood risk.
In the 2007-08 financial year, the Government provided approximately £600 million funding for effective management of flood and coastal erosion protection in England.