Question follow-through · 96792
Water Charges: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2025, to Question 76604, on Water Charges: Social Tariffs, what is the estimated cost to other customers, (a) in aggregate and (b) cross-subsidy
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2025, to Question 76604, on Water Charges: Social Tariffs, what is the estimated cost to other customers, (a) in aggregate and (b) cross-subsidy
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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10 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. Several companies have committed to using funds from their own investors, shareholders or...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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