Question follow-through · 68302
Rivers: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the sources of PFAS pollution in UK rivers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the sources of PFAS pollution in UK rivers.
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Environment Agency (EA) has been co-ordinating a programme of work to better understand the presence of PFAS in the environment and develop a risk-based approach to manage identified risks.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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