Flooding fears allayed

15 November 2007

Councils severely affected by this summer’s floods have been assured they will not be unfairly penalised through their performance rating system.

Local government minister John Healey said central government and the relevant inspectorates would recognise the unusual strain placed on severely affected authorities. But Healy did say that wholesale changes to targets would not be appropriate.

While on a visit to Kingston-upon-Hull to get an update on the flood recovery work taking place, he said: ‘I am ensuring we take a common sense approach so we do not penalise authorities for temporary dips in performance resulting from the flooding.’

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