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Sewage: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided to help tackle pollution caused by untreated sewage overflow to local authorities in West Dorset constituency in the 2024-25 financial year

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
24 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided to help tackle pollution caused by untreated sewage overflow to local authorities in West Dorset constituency in the 2024-25 financial year

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    It is the responsibility of water companies to invest in infrastructure and other improvements to reduce untreated wastewater pollution incidents. Since 2021 Water Companies have invested in 65 schemes in the West Dorset constituency which includes 6 impr...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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28 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to ensure that water companies do not allow storm sewage overflows to impact (a) rivers and (b) coastal areas in West Dorset constituency.

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1 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to provide to help manage the increased flood risk for rural areas prone to (a) river and (b) surface flooding in the 2025-26 financial year.

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