Question follow-through · 45139
Microplastics: Drinking Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of microplastics in UK drinking water sources; and what steps he has taken to regulate and reduce microplastic pollutio
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 24 Apr 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of microplastics in UK drinking water sources; and what steps he has taken to regulate and reduce microplastic pollutio
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Apr 2025
Answer published
Drinking water quality is a devolved matter and therefore I can only respond in relation to England. The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has published two research projects on microplastics in drinking water – one in January 2019 reviewing the potential...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Microplastics: Drinking Water
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Livestock: Tagging
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Birds: Transport
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