Question follow-through · 84771
Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of water quality breaches have been reported by water suppliers in Lancashire in the last 12 months.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of water quality breaches have been reported by water suppliers in Lancashire in the last 12 months.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Drinking Water Inspectorate does not compile water quality breach data by county. The figures provided relate to United Utilities' operations across its entire supply area, which serves Lancashire and the wider Northwest region. In the 12-month period...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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