Question follow-through · 85030
Thames Water: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing Thames Water into special administration.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing Thames Water into special administration.
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Oct 2025
Answer published
There is a high bar for the use of a Special Administration Regime (SAR). The current law states that Special Administration can only be initiated if the company becomes insolvent, can no longer fulfil its statutory duties or breaches an enforcement order...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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