Data Dictionary
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| Name | Description | Data Provider |
| Duration of benefits (Years) | The design life in years for the scheme, the number of years over which protection will be afforded by the scheme. |  Environment Agency |
| Emergency Services | Emergency services sites. | National Receptor Data provided by Environment Agency |
| Future Housing Developments | Locations and size (number of houses) of planned housing developments across Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire | Environment Agency |
| Growth | Locations and size (by number of houses) of planned housing developments across Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. | Environment Agency |
| Historic Flooding | Maximum extent of all individual Recorded Flood Outlines from river, the sea and groundwater springs and shows areas of land that have previously been subject to flooding. Records began in 1946. | Environment Agency |
| Housing Density | Residential heat map (number of houses within a 3km radius). | National Receptor Data provided by Environment Agency |
| Hospitals | Hospital sites. | National Receptor Data provided by Environment Agency |
| Military Sites | Military sites. | National Receptor Data provided by Environment Agency |
| Projects by length | Projects by location and programme type (6 year or 10 year programme) | Environment Agency |
| Projects by source | Projects by location and risk source | Environment Agency |
| PV Benefit/Cost ratio | PV Whole Life Benefits/ PV Whole Life Costs (Benefit / Cost Ratio). | Environment Agency |
| RFCC Regions | Districts within the RFCC. | Open Source Data |
| Risk of Flooding (River and Sea) - ROFRS (4b) | Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: High - each year, there is a chance of flooding of greater than 1 in 30 (3.3%). Medium - each year, there is a chance of flooding of between 1 in 30 (3.3%) and 1 in 100 (1%). Low - each year, there is a chance of flooding of between 1 in 100 (1%) and 1 in 1000 (0.1%). Very Low - each year, there is a chance of flooding of less than 1 in 1000 (0.1%). | NAFRA via Environment Agency |
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | A conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. | Open Source data |
| Total Project Expenditure | Projects by location and total project expenditure amount. | Environment Agency |
Funding abbreviations |
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| Name | Description |
| GIA | A grant-in-aid is money coming from central government for a specific project. |
| IDB Precept (IDBP) | A local income raised from Internal Drainage Boards, with the rate generally set locally at RFCC level. It must be spent in the financial year it is raised and contributes towards Environment Agency FCRM activities within the river catchment. |
| Local Levy | A local income raised by each RFCC to fund FCERM activities within the region that are a local priority and to support Partnership Funding projects by attracting FCRM GiA. The Local Levy required is discussed by the RFCC annually in January and voted on by Local Authority members only. The total agreed levy needed is raised from all LLFAs within the RFCC boundary and is proportioned across them based on the equivalent number of band D council tax properties that each LLFA has in the RFCC’s area. This means that where Local Authority boundaries cross RFCC boundaries they may pay different rates of levy to different RFCCs. Local Levies do not have to be spent in the year they are raised as balances can be carried forward. |
| Outcome Measures (OMs) | A suite of performance measures specifically related to managing flood and erosion risk. They replaced the priority score system and are used to assess the benefits of projects. They help prioritise the programme of works from all Risk Management Authorities and OM1 to OM4 are used as part of the Partnership Funding score to calculate the FCRM GiA available to a project. Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management have targets set for each OM. These are listed below: |
| Cost Benefit Ratio (CBR) | The ratio of benefits to costs that a project delivers. To ensure consistency in all schemes this is calculated over the whole life of the project (i.e. including the design, build, operation, maintenance and expected refurbishments). To mitigate for inflation, these figures are discounted to ‘today’s’ price. This is applied to both costs and benefits and called Present Value whole life. A simple way to think about it, if we had all the money up front, how much would we need in the bank, allowing for interest on the account, so that we had a balance of £0 when the asset reached the end of its life. At a national programme level we aim for a minimum of 5:1, however, for the last CSR period we achieved a programme ratio of 8:1. |
| OM2 | The number of households moved out of any flood probability category to a lower probability category (see flood risk categories). |
| OM2b | The number of households moved from the very significant or significant probability category to the moderate or low probability category (see flood risk categories). In this case the 1:75 year (1.33% probability of flooding in any particular year) is the threshold. |
| OM2c | The number of households in the 20% most deprived areas moved out of the significant or very significant probability categories to the moderate or low probability category (OM2b). Therefore they are less likely to experience difficulties in arranging mortgages or insurance. |
| OM3 | The number of households with reduced risk of coastal erosion. Therefore they are less likely to experience difficulties in arranging mortgages or insurance. |
| OM3b | The number of households protected against loss in 20 years from coastal erosion. Therefore they are less likely to experience difficulties in arranging mortgages or insurance. |
| OM3c | The number of households in the 20% most deprived areas protected against loss in 20 years from coastal erosion. Therefore they are less likely to experience difficulties in arranging mortgages or insurance. |
| OM4a | Hectares of water dependent habitat created or improved to help meet the objectives of Water Framework Directive. Remedies to improve condition of Sites of Special Scientific Interest and measures needed for water bodies to achieve good ecological status/potential, meeting our statutory obligations under both the Countryside and Rights of Way Act and WFD. |
| OM4b | Hectares of intertidal habitat created to help meet the objectives of the Water Framework Directive for areas protected under the EU Habitats / Birds Directive. New habitat is created to offset habitat being lost to coastal squeeze. |
| OM4c | Kilometres of rivers protected under the EU Habitats/Birds Directive improved to help meet the objectives of the Water Framework Directive. FCRM actions to restore rivers designated as special areas of conservation. |
| Partnership Funding score (PF Score) | Based on the outcomes a project is expected to deliver, a maximum amount of FCRM GiA is calculated. The score is calculated based on the outcome measures benefit divide by funding, expressed as a percentage. A project needs a minimum score of 100% to be considered for FCRM GiA. However, in many cases the raw score (base purely on its outcomes) will be below this threshold. In these cases the project will either need to increase the outcomes it delivers so that FCRM GiA could fund the whole scheme, reduce the costs of the scheme (i.e. a cheaper way of delivering) or increase contributions from other sources. This will then give an adjusted score, called the Partnership Funding Score. That is also used to prioritise both nationally and locally by RFCCs. A score of 100% will not guarantee funding of a scheme as there is a finite amount of GiA available, but the higher the score the more likely it is to secure GiA. The RFCC can use Local levy as a contribution to schemes and therefore improve the PF score. |
| Standard of Protection | The probability of flooding expressed as either a return period (i.e. 1 in 75 years, or 1:75 years) or as a percentage (1.33%) chance per year. The calculation is 1 divided by the return period multiplied by 100 (1/75*100=1.33%). If we maintain the Standard of Service then we accept that the standard of protection will reduce in time as the effects of climate change become apparent. |
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