Question reference: S6W-05211
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 23 December 2021
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 January 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to COSLA leaders’ agreement, as notified in the elected members briefing of 6 July 2021, to pause Flood Risk Management schemes that were not legally committed by local authorities, whether it expects local authorities to inform their local populations that Flood Risk Management schemes are considered (a) legally committed and (b) not legally committed.
Answer
The recommendation from COSLA leaders was a pause by local authorities of any non-legally committed flood protection scheme, pending a review of projects by a programme oversight group. A review of these projects is being undertaken to assess their status and viability and COSLA will present the review findings to Ministers in due course. That review is still ongoing and it is for COSLA and local authorities to determine how to communicate that information to local populations.