Question follow-through · 68338
Water Charges: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support households with increases to water bills.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 14 Aug 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support households with increases to water bills.
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Aug 2025
Answer published
The Government expects companies to hold themselves accountable for their commitment to end Water Poverty by 2030 and will work with the sector to ensure appropriate measures are taken to this end. We are clear as Government that we expect water companies...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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National Farmers Union
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the statutory basis for the Department's engagement with the National Farmers Union on farming issues.