Question follow-through · 90852

Water Supply: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what strategy her Department has to improve the resilience of water infrastructure in Buckinghamshire.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what strategy her Department has to improve the resilience of water infrastructure in Buckinghamshire.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Water companies have a statutory duty to provide a secure supply of water for customers and set out how they plan to continue to supply water to their customers through statutory Water Resources Management Plans (WRMPs). These plans must demonstrate how t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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