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Water Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of household water bills in 2025; and what discussions her Department plans to have with Ofwat on levels of water bills.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of household water bills in 2025; and what discussions her Department plans to have with Ofwat on levels of water bills.

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    It is Ofwat's responsibility to independently scrutinise water company business plans and ensure that the prices water companies charge their customers are fair and proportionate. On October 9, the Competition and Markets Authority published its provision...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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