Question follow-through · 6687
Housing: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that key water infrastructure is (a) constructed and (b) adopted alongside the development of new housing.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 11 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that key water infrastructure is (a) constructed and (b) adopted alongside the development of new housing.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Oct 2024
Answer published
Water companies have a statutory duty to provide a secure supply of water for customers and set out how they plan to do this through Water Resources Management Plans (WRMPs). To develop their plans, water companies must consult local authorities and consi...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Water: Cemeteries
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of burial sites on downstream water quality during heavy rainfall.