Floods Resilience Taskforce
The Floods Resilience Taskforce is improving our preparedness for, and resilience to all types of flooding affecting people, homes and businesses.
The Floods Resilience Taskforce brings together experts and decision makers from across UK government, non-government and industry organisations at local and national level. It includes people involved in all stages of flooding resilience, including preparedness, response and recovery.
It is focussed on England as flooding is a devolved area, but representatives from the devolved governments are full members.
The taskforce provides a forum for ministers to hear the views of a wide range of stakeholders including for longer-term floods resilience strategy. It complements existing flood resilience activity and does not replace the existing flood emergency response systems.
Goals
The goals of the Floods Resilience Taskforce are to advise Defra ministers on:
- flood risks
- flood resilience and preparedness nationally and locally
- key learnings from previous major flood incidents
- flood and coastal erosion strategy
Membership
The Floods Resilience Taskforce is chaired by the Minister for Floods and Water, and co-chaired by ministers from the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
The full permanent membership is:
| Full Name | Title | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Hardy | Minister for Floods and Water | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) |
| Dan Jarvis | Minister of State for Security | Cabinet Office |
| Samantha Dixon | Minister, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | MHCLG |
| Keir Mather | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | Department for Transport |
| Sebastian Catovsky | Co-director, Floods and Water | Defra |
| Stuart Armstrong | Deputy Director, CBRN, Water , Flooding Resilience and Emergencies Division | Defra |
| Paul Clements | Director of Incident Management and Resilience | Environment Agency |
| Jonathan Baker | Deputy Director, Floods Policy | Defra |
| Anne-Therese Farmer | Director for Environment | Department for Transport |
| Caroline Douglass | Executive Director | Environment Agency |
| Phillip Duffy | Chief Executive | Environment Agency |
| Richard Bevan | Services Director | Met Office |
| Robert Arnott | Director, Resilience and Recovery | MHCLG |
| Matthew Clarke | Resilience Director/Head of Resilience | Cabinet Office |
| Russ Turner | Head of Centre | Flood Forecasting Centre |
| Ann Carruthers | President | ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport) |
| Mark Shepherd | Assistant Director | Association of British Insurers |
| Innes Thomson | Chief Executive | Association of Drainage Authorities |
| Ali Morse | Chair | Blueprint for Water |
| Mubeen Bhutta | Director of Policy, Research and Advocacy | British Red Cross |
| Julie Sharman | Chief Operating Officer | Canal & River Trust |
| Joe Evans | Vice President | Country Land and Business Association |
| Martin Lennon | Head of Transition | FloodRe |
| David Bellamy | Chief of Staff | Greater London Authority and London Resilience Forum |
| Martin Hutchings | Head of Flood & Coastal Risk Management | LLFA Devon |
| John Bellis | Shropshire Council Flood Risk Manager | LLFA Shropshire |
| Jonathan Blackwell | Assistant Chief Constable | LRF Cumbria |
| Stephen Rayland | Assistant Chief Constable | LRF Sussex |
| Arooj Shah | Leader, Westminster Council | Local Government Association |
| Rachel Hallos | Vice President | National Farmers Union |
| Mark Williams | Strategic Lead | National Police Chiefs Council |
| Gary Quinn | Director of Operations | Northern Ireland Government |
| Paula Hewitt | Chair | Thames Regional Flood and Coastal Committee |
| Christopher Jones | Deputy Director | Welsh Government |
| Ben Selby | Assistant General Secretary | Fire Brigades Union |
| Mark Atherton | Director of Environment | Greater Manchester Combined Authority |
| Steve Helps | Lead Officer | National Fire Chiefs Council |
| Nick Searle | Strategic Lead, UK National Resilience | National Fire Chiefs Council |
| Anne Aitken | Deputy Director | Scottish Government |
| Adrian Lythgo | Chair | Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee |
| Tracey Garett | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | National Flood Forum |
| Jeremy Parr | National Flood Risk Manager | Natural Resources Wales |
| Alex Flucker | Chief Operating Officer Data, Evidence & Innovation | Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
| David Skaith | Mayor of York and North Yorkshire | York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority |
| Charles Roe | Director of Mortgages | UK Finance |
Terms of reference
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