Question follow-through · 44204

Water Charges: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints OFWAT has received about the increase in water and sewerage rates since 1 March 2025; and to how many complainants have substantive responses been given.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Apr 2025
Target answer date
8 Apr 2025
Answer
23 Apr 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints OFWAT has received about the increase in water and sewerage rates since 1 March 2025; and to how many complainants have substantive responses been given.

  2. 8 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Ofwat has received 359 customer contacts since 1 March 2025 regarding the increase in water and sewerage rates. 25 of these have received a substantive response. An additional 453 contacts have been received since 21 March 2025 which are being reviewed to...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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