Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Thames Barrier has been used in each of the last 30 years.
Rory Stewart
The following table shows the number of Thames Barrier closures in each flood season since its opening in 1982. A “flood season” is defined as the time period from September to April.
|
Year |
Combined Tidal/Fluvial |
Tidal |
Grand Total |
|
1982 – 1983 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1983 – 1984 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1984 – 1985 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1985 – 1986 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
1986 – 1987 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1987 – 1988 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1988 – 1989 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1989 – 1990 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
1990 – 1991 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
1991 – 1992 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1992 – 1993 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
1993 – 1994 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
|
1994 – 1995 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
1995 – 1996 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
1996 – 1997 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1997 – 1998 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1998 – 1999 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
1999 – 2000 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
2000 – 2001 |
8 |
16 |
24 |
|
2001 – 2002 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
2002 – 2003 |
12 |
8 |
20 |
|
2003 – 2004 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
2004 – 2005 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
2005 – 2006 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
2006 – 2007 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
2007 – 2008 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
2008 – 2009 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
2009 – 2010 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
2010 – 2011 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2011 – 2012 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2012 – 2013 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
2013 – 2014 |
41 |
9 |
50 |
|
2014 – 2015 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
87 |
88 |
175 |
