To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made in implementing a service level agreement to ensure co-ordination between the recovery operations of different authorities during a flood; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreement. (278294)

The Government offices in the regions have the responsibility of ensuring coherence and co-ordinating between recovery operations of different authorities during a flood. The ‘Core Regional Resilience Capability’ document, which formalises this role, was agreed in December 2008 and is now in force.

I am today placing a copy of this document in the Library.