Question follow-through · 94726
Water Charges: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the estimated amount of average household water and drainage bills, per household which is not receipt of the social tariff, that pays for the cross-subsidy to the social tarif
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the estimated amount of average household water and drainage bills, per household which is not receipt of the social tariff, that pays for the cross-subsidy to the social tarif
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
Companies decide, in consultation with their customers and organisations representing customers, which household customers fund social tariffs and how much they pay.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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