Question follow-through · 43830
Water Companies: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 38543 on Water Companies: Infrastructure, whether he has made an estimate of how much DPC schemes costs will increase household wate
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 11 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 38543 on Water Companies: Infrastructure, whether he has made an estimate of how much DPC schemes costs will increase household wate
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Apr 2025
Answer published
Bill impacts will be considered as part of Ofwat’s DPC approval process. In providing its consent to a water company to enter into a DPC contract, Ofwat will take into consideration the impact on customer interests, including the impact on bills. For exam...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Environment Protection: Enforcement
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many environmental permit breaches were recorded by the Environment Agency in each year between 2019 and 2025; how many were classified as category 1, 2 and 3; and what proportion
Waste Management: Enforcement
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure enforcement action against waste companies is more robust.