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Sewage: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department (a) monitors and (b) tracks sewage discharge into (i) rivers and (ii) seas by (A) location and (B) water company.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
23 Jan 2025
Answer
28 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department (a) monitors and (b) tracks sewage discharge into (i) rivers and (ii) seas by (A) location and (B) water company.

  2. 23 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Since 01 January 2025, water companies are required to publish data related to discharges from all storm overflows within one hour of the discharge beginning (under section 141DA of the Water Industry Act 1991 as inserted by section 81 of the Environment ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Sewage: Water Treatment

29 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) financial, (b) planning and (c) infrastructure support for the (i) development and (ii) improvement of sewage treatment facilities.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Sewage: Waste Disposal

29 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that local communities are compensated by water companies for sewage discharges.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Water: Standards

29 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support water regulators in (a) monitoring (i) river and (ii) sea water quality and (b) rectifying low water quality.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Recycling: Repairs and Maintenance

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the Circular Economy Taskforce helps to encourage people to repair and reuse.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Floods: Insurance

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency's document entitled National assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England 2024, updated on 22 January 2025, what assessment she has

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pigs: Animal Welfare

28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with animal welfare groups about the welfare implications of the use of farrowing crates for pigs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Environment Protection: National Security

10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what urgent steps she will take to protect national security further to her Department's publication entitled National security assessment on global ecosystems, updated on 2 February 2

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Dogs: Insurance

22 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that owners of dogs on the Index of Exempted Dogs can maintain the continuous third-party public liability insurance following the withdra

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sustainable Farming Incentive

3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will share the (i) June and (ii) September 2026 allocation of Sustainable Farming Incentive funding with the National Farmers' Union.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Nature Conservation

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to protect 30% of land for nature by 2030.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Recreation Spaces

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made in fulfilling Commitment 86 in the 2025 Environmental Improvement Plan to make sure that everyone has access to green or blue spaces within a 15-minute walk