Question follow-through · 80246
Water: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what metrics her Department will use to assess the effectiveness of water-saving measures in new homes.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what metrics her Department will use to assess the effectiveness of water-saving measures in new homes.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
We are consulting on tighter water efficiency standards for new homes in Building Regulations. Within this we have assessed the policy’s impact on home construction and will be considering developer responses to enable a smooth transition. Our assessment ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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