Tim Farron MP: written questions
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Water: Health HazardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to publish updated guidance on incorporating (a) blue-green algae and (b) other additional public health factors into bathing-water quality assessments.
Answer: The purpose of the Regulations is to ensure the protection of public health through the use of monitoring and classifications. Bathing waters are one of the most visible ways in which the public interacts with the water environment and so it is critical t...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLake Windermere: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to allocate funding to ensure that bathing-water sampling in Lake Windermere takes place year-round rather than seasonally.
Answer: On 28 October 2025, the Department laid before Parliament a Statutory Instrument which incorporates reforms to modernise the Bathing Water Regulations. Core reform 3, which is due to come into force 21 November, introduces discretion to determine a differ...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLake Windermere: PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce a pollution risk costing model for Windermere based on Environment Agency modelling of other mainly coastal designated bathing sites.
Answer: The Environment Agency currently provides pollution forecasting at 171 coastal sites and is exploring the feasibility of providing a forecast for inland sites.
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of Islamist attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt on 31 October 202
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 3 November to Question 85661.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FloodsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure farmers receive support for instances of flooding in winter 2025-26.
Answer: To support rural communities and farmers, we: are funding actions to improve the environment, mitigate flood risk, and boost resilience such as natural flood management, through the Environmental Land Management schemes.are investing over £300 million in ...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to fund flooding defence systems in winter 2025-26.
Answer: This Government is investing £2.65 billion over two years (2024/25 and 2025/26) into our flood resilience. Since July last year, the Environment Agency has delivered 151 flood defence schemes, better protecting over 24,000 homes and businesses. It is pois...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRivers: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Environment Agency received for river and stream maintenance in each of the last five years.
Answer: As the EA operates at arm’s length from its sponsor department, Defra, it is for the EA to determine how much of its budget it spends on maintenance under its remit.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Environment Agency received in each of the last five years.
Answer: The EA’s total budget for 2025/26 is £2,274 million. This is an increase of £188 million compared with its £2,086 million budget in 2024/25. YearTotal budget2025/26£2,274m2024/25£2,086m2023/24£1,961m2022/23£1,704m2021/22£1,627m
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: FloodsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds data on the estimated cost of flood losses for (a) insured properties and (b) uninsured properties in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Evidence on the Costs of Floods in England and Wales, covers the 2016 to 2019 period and the Estimating the Economic Costs of the 2015 to 2016 Winter Floods covers 2015 through to 2016. Flood Re has enabled over 660,000 households to access affordable...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: FloodsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds data on the number of properties in each flood risk zones that does not have insurance.
Answer: Flood Re is a joint Government and industry scheme enabling households at high flood risk to access affordable insurance. Since launch, over 650,000 properties have benefitted, with 346,000 policies supported in 2024/25. Before Flood Re, average premiums ...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: FloodsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds data on the average insurance premiums for properties in each flood risk zone in each of last five years.
Answer: Flood Re is a joint Government and industry scheme enabling households at high flood risk to access affordable insurance. Since launch, over 650,000 properties have benefitted, with 346,000 policies supported in 2024/25. Before Flood Re, average premiums ...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: FloodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new homes were built within areas classified as flood zone 3 in 2024-2025.
Answer: My Department does not hold data on how many new homes were built within areas classified as flood zone 3 in 2024-2025. The proportion of new residential addresses built on national Flood Zone 3 is published by financial year in live table P320 of our ‘La...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the review of refugee family reunion will consider the optimisation of decision making to reduce the need for appeals.
Answer: The family reunion route is temporarily suspended for a short period until Spring 2026. The Home Office is reviewing the route, with the intention to set out and implement those changes from then.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) gathering documentation and (b) submitting biometrics on people submitting refugee family reunion applications; and whether she p
Answer: The family reunion route is temporarily suspended for a short period until Spring 2026. The Home Office is reviewing the route, with the intention to set out and implement those changes from then.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to exempt (a) unaccompanied children seeking to reunite with parents already in the UK and (b) families facing (i) conflict, (ii) persecution and (iii) medical emergencies
Answer: The family reunion route is temporarily suspended for a short period until Spring 2026. The Home Office is reviewing the route, with the intention to set out and implement those changes from then.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: AssetsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector, updated on 29 July 2025, whether she plans to strengthen the requirements on companies t
Answer: The Government is preparing to respond to the recommendations of the Independent Water Commission, including on the extent and enforcement of current water industry mapping requirements and condition assessments. Reforms outlined in this response will for...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: Social TariffsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector, updated on 29 July 2025, whether she plans to consult on the introduction of a national
Answer: The Government is considering the Independent Water Commission’s recommendation to consult on a National Social Tariff and will respond later this year. Through the Water (Special Measures) Act 2025, it has expanded powers to create improved affordability...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector, updated on 29 July 2025, whether she plans to provide a regulatory framework to drive th
Answer: The Secretary of State will respond to recommendations in the Independent Water Commission in the upcoming White Paper publication. A consultation launched on 23 September 2025 proposes tightening Building Regulations that could see new homes fitted with ...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector, updated on 29 July 2025, whether she plans to ensure future water monitoring programmes
Answer: The Government will respond to the recommendations in full via a White Paper, published later this year. The White Paper will outline the Government’s vision for the future of the water sector, marking the most fundamental reset to our water system in a g...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector, updated on 29 July 2025, whether she plans to make an assessment of how effectively publ
Answer: Public Health outcomes are a key gap in the current legislative framework. The Independent Water Commission recommended the Chief Medical Officers of England and Wales establish taskforces to review the incorporation of public health better into the water...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector, updated on 29 July 2025, whether she plans to introduce a comprehensive systems planning
Answer: The Government will respond to the recommendations published in the final report of the Independent Water Commission through a White Paper. We will bring forward root and branch reform to secure better outcomes for customers, investors and the environment...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector, updated on 29 July 2025, whether she plans to revise the legal framework for the Strateg
Answer: The Government will respond to the recommendations published in the final report of the Independent Water Commission through a White Paper and a new water reform bill, including reforms to the Strategic Policy Statement. We will bring forward root and bra...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on publishing a national water strategy.
Answer: The Independent Water Commission, tasked by the Government to produce recommendations to transform how our water system works, delivered its final report on 21 July 2025. The Government will respond to the recommendations in full, including on the recomme...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on establishing a new integrated water industry regulator.
Answer: Alongside the recommendations which the Government responded to on 21 July, the Commission examined many other areas within its remit, to ensure that water sector regulation delivers for environmental, public health, customer and economic outcomes. This i...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOfwatDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on abolishing Ofwat.
Answer: Alongside the recommendations which the Government responded to on 21 July, the Commission examined many other areas within its remit, to ensure that water sector regulation delivers for environmental, public health, customer and economic outcomes. This i...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
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