Question follow-through · 23990
Water Charges: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a single social tariff for water bills.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a single social tariff for water bills.
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to taking action to address water poverty and help vulnerable customers including older people. All water companies have measures in place for people who struggle to pay for their water and wastewater services, including measur...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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