Supplementary memorandum submitted by
the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (F54)
INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THE AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE AT THE EVIDENCE SESSION ON 5.5.98 WITH THE MAFF PERMANENT
SECRETARY AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE INTERVENTION BOARD (FOR
THE INQUIRY INTO THE MAFF/IB DEPARTMENTAL REPORT 1998)
(A) A BREAKDOWN
OF MAFF EXPENDITURE
IN THE
1997-98 YEAR ON
COASTAL AND
FLOOD DEFENCE
SCHEMES, IDENTIFIED
BY TYPE
EG FLOOD
WARNING SYSTEMS,
FLOOD DEFENCES,
COAST PROTECTION
WORKS ETC.
A breakdown of the schemes approved by MAFF
for grant aid in 1997-98 is as follows:
|
| Type of scheme | Number approved
|
|
| Flood warning | 12 |
| Coast protection | 41 |
| Sea defence | 17 |
| Tidal flood defence | 19 |
| Non-tidal flood defence | 79
|
| Total | 168 |
|
(B) A NOTE
SUMMARISING THE
RESULTS OF
THE LAST
SURVEY COMMISSIONED
BY MAFF ON
THE STATE
OF REPAIR
OF INLAND
FLOOD DEFENCE
WORKS SPECIFYING
THE GEOGRAPHICAL
COVERAGE OF
THE SURVEY
AND THE
YEAR IN
WHICH IT
WAS UNDERTAKEN.
Responsibility for such assessments rests with the local
operating authorities (Environment Agency, local authorities and
Internal Drainage Boards) rather than the Ministry. The Ministry
has therefore not commissioned such a survey.
(C) A BACK
PROJECTION OF
THE NUMBER
OF COASTAL
AND FLOOD
DEFENCE PROJECTS
FUNDED BY
MAFF FOR PREDOMINANTLY
(A) AGRICULTURAL
AND (B)
RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES
OVER THE
LAST FIFTEEN
YEARS.
Reasonably complete computerised data is available from 1990/91
onwards, and information on earlier years could only be produced
at disproportionate cost. A breakdown of the number of schemes
approved by MAFF for grant aid between those with primarily (a)
agricultural and (b) urban benefits is as follows:
|
| 1990/91 | 1991/92
| 1992/93 | 1993/94
|
|
| Urban | 204 | 182
| 139 | 137 |
| Agricultural | 44 | 56
| 29 | 39 |
| Unattributed | |
| | |
| (mainly studies) | 2 |
3 | 24 | 54 |
| Total | 250 |
241 | 192 | 230
|
| 1994/95 | 1995/96
| 1996/97 | 1997/98
|
| Urban | 128 | 156
| 158 | 134 |
| Agricultural | 41 | 31
| 30 | 18 |
| Unattributed | |
| | |
| (mainly studies) | 31 |
20 | 25 | 16 |
| Total | 200 |
207 | 213 | 168
|
|
(D) A BREAKDOWN
OF ALL
CURRENT MAFF-FUNDED
COASTAL AND
FLOOD DEFENCE
SCHEMES TO
REFLECT THEIR
PREDOMINANT LAND
USE EG
AGRICULTURAL, RESIDENTIAL,
INDUSTRIAL ETC.
As for (c) above the breakdown of ongoing MAFF-funded schemes
(ie those approved but for which audited final accounts have yet
to be received) is provided on the basis of those with primarily
(a) agricultural and (b) urban benefits. A more detailed breakdown
by land use is not readily available.
|
| Number of ongoing schemes
|
|
| Urban | 535 |
| Agricultural | 89 |
| Unattributed (mainly studies) | 97
|
| Total | 721 |
|
(E) A BREAKDOWN
OF THE
AMOUNT SPENT
BY MAFF ON
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT INTO
FLOOD AND
COASTAL DEFENCE
IN THE
1997-98 YEAR, INCLUDING
THE TOTAL
AMOUNT SPENT
(A) ON
INLAND PROJECTS
AND (B)
COASTAL PROJECTS.
(F) AN
INDICATION OF
THE PLANNED
EXPENDITURE DURING
1998-99 ON RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT
INTO FLOOD
AND COASTAL
DEFENCE, FOR
(A) INLAND
PROJECTS AND
(B) COASTAL
PROJECTS.
The total expenditure on flood and coastal defence research
and development for 1997-98 and planned for 1998-99 is set out
below covering coastal engineering, river engineering, flood forecasting
(tidal and fluvial) and cross sectoral projects. (Expenditure
in 1997-98 is based on invoiced costs to date and for 1998-99
is based on current plans).
|
| 1997-98
£k
| 1998-99
£k |
|
| Coastal Engineering | 1,409
| 1,196 |
| River Engineering | 628 |
778 |
| Flood Forecasting | 129 |
86 |
| Cross-Sectoral | 380 | 465
|
| Total | 2,546
| 2,525 |
|
29 May 1998
| 
