Question follow-through · 904698
Water Companies: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help prevent financial rewards for water company executives who oversee poor performance.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help prevent financial rewards for water company executives who oversee poor performance.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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19 Jun 2025
Answer published
As part of our Plan for Change, we have put water companies under special measures throughout landmark Water Act.Ofwat’s new remuneration powers came into force this month. Unfair bonuses have been banned for senior water company executives responsible fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Water Charges
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy and transparency of unmetered fixed charges set by water companies, including Severn Trent Water.
Water Charges
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what oversight Ofwat exercises to ensure that unmetered fixed charges set by water companies are proportionate and do not disadvantage low-occupancy and low-usage households.