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Dear Louis

Your Environmental Information Regulations Request - Acknowledgement. 
​
Thank you for your request for information. We are treating this as a
request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

The legislation allows us 20 working days to respond to your request. This
is 24/07/2024. If we require any clarification from you in relation to
your request, we will contact you further.  

Should you have any queries or concerns about how your request is being
handled, please do not hesitate to contact us, quoting the above
reference, by emailing us at [Luton Borough Council request email] or writing to us at the
above address.

Yours sincerely

Destiny Savage
Complaints and Information Compliance Team
 
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Dear Louis Ramirez,

I write in response to your Environmental Information Regulations (EIR)
request dated 26 Jun 2024.
 
Your request asked: For the area for which you are the Lead Local Flood
Management Authority under the Flood and Water Management Act (2010) --

- Total number of people living at risk of flooding (any level of risk)
- Total number of people exposed to frequent flooding (1:75 years or
above)
- Total number living in EA-designated flood zone 3

 
We have considered your request under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004.
 
Response
I can confirm we do hold information within scope of your request.
 
A summary of information about properties that could be affected by
surface water flooding or flooding from the river is contained within the
Luton Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (2015) that can be found on the
council website
[1]www.luton.gov.uk/floodriskmanagement 
The strategy contains the number of properties rather than people. The
2021 census estimated the average household size in Luton being 2.85
people per household. Using this number and numbers of households provided
in the strategy (pages 10 an 12) the answers to your questions are as
follows:
Total number of people living at risk of flooding (any level of risk)
It is estimated that there are up to 9360 properties (9360 *2.85 = 26 676
people) at risk of flooding within Luton from the 1% (1 in 100) chance of
surface water flood. 
Total number of people exposed to frequent flooding (1:75 years or above)
We don’t hold this information.
Total number living in EA-designated flood zone 3
In 2014, there were 286 properties in Luton within Flood Zone 3, making it
815 people (286*2.85).
I hope this information is helpful.
 
Next Steps
If you are not satisfied with my response you can ask for an internal
review by contacting us at the address above or by email at
[Luton Borough Council request email] within 40 working days of the date of this
letter.  Please set out any specific concerns you have. Please quote the
reference number provided above when contacting us.

Should you remain unhappy with the internal review, you can refer your
concerns to the Information Commissioner: 
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.org.uk
 
Please set out any specific concerns you have. Please quote the reference
number provided above when contacting us.

Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations
You are free to use the information provided for your own purposes,
including any non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes
of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication,
requires the permission of the copyright holder. You may apply for
permission to re-use this information by submitting a request to
[Luton Borough Council request email]
 
Apologies for the delay in this response. This was due to staff annual
leave and sickness.

Yours faithfully,
Katarzyna Wysocka
Head of Climate Change
Luton Borough Council

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