Question follow-through · 33773
Water Companies: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ofwat on ensuring that any fines placed on water companies are not passed onto customers in the form of higher bills.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ofwat on ensuring that any fines placed on water companies are not passed onto customers in the form of higher bills.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2025
Answer published
The cost burden for water company fines is borne by their shareholders, not by customers. Ofwat have been clear that when financial penalties are imposed on water companies, customers should not bear the costs and water companies cannot surcharge their cu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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