Question follow-through · 7138
Sewage: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency guidance entitled Water companies: environmental permits for storm overflows and emergency overflows, published on 13 September 2018, how excep
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2024 · 20 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, with reference to the Environment Agency guidance entitled Water companies: environmental permits for storm overflows and emergency overflows, published on 13 September 2018, how excep
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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24 Oct 2024
Answer published
The guidance document referred to in the question does not define ‘exceptional circumstances’ for storm overflows. ‘Exceptional circumstances’ were not referenced in either the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive or the regulations which transposed this...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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