On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency (the Agency) about their long-term ambition and objectives for flood risk, their understanding and management of flood risk, and their progress on building and maintaining flood defence assets.1

On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency (the Agency) about their long-term ambition and objectives for flood risk, their understanding and management of flood risk, and their progress on building and maintaining flood defence assets.1 Type: conclusion | Number: 1 | Response status: accepted Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA, the department) to develop a methodology for measuring and reporting ‘net’ change in flood risk at a national level, examples of which include (but are not limited to) climate change, asset det