Supplementary memorandum submitted by
the Mayor of London (FL 151a)
Thank you for your letter of 14 January. Please
accept my apologies for the delay in replying; we have been waiting
for a new version of the flood map to be published, which is enclosed.[10]
This map has been updated to take into account
flood risk as well as the condition and likelihood of failure
of defences, to show better the variation in risk across the catchments
rather than just assuming one standard of protection (SoP) across
the catchments as a whole.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to give
the Committee further information on London Resilience, which
was mentioned in our oral evidence. The GLA is working with London
Resilience Team to review the London Strategic Flood Response
Plan. In line with the Pitt recommendations, the reviewed Plan
will identify critical assets at flood risk and examine the dependency
of these assets upon utilities also at flood risk.
I would also like to stress that London benefits
from the highest standards of tidal flood defences in the country
(and second only to the Netherlands globally). In the coming period,
the GLA will be working with the Environment Agency and London
boroughs to identify strategic opportunities to manage flood risk
on London's tributary waterways, where the standard of defence
is lower.
If the GLA can be of any further assistance,
please do not hesitate to contact Richard Wiltshire in our Parliamentary
Relations team.
Dan Hawthorn
Senior Policy Adviser—Planning & Development
Mayor of London
February 2008
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