Question follow-through · 76020
Water Charges: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 64767 on Waster Charges: Social Tariff, what recent estimate Ofwat has made of the (a) average cost to households of the cross-subsid
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Controlled Burning · 11 Sept 2025
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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
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 64767 on Waster Charges: Social Tariff, what recent estimate Ofwat has made of the (a) average cost to households of the cross-subsid
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
At PR24 Ofwat challenged companies to address customer concerns about the affordability of water bills in the 2025-2030 period and asked them to set out the measures that they would take and how they would fund these measures.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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