Question follow-through · 97415
Water: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to review the operation of assessed household charges where a household is unable to have a water meter fitted.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to review the operation of assessed household charges where a household is unable to have a water meter fitted.
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2025
Answer published
Defra recognises the importance of fair charges for households that are unable to have a water meter fitted. Currently, water companies have the ability to charge by water meters on a mandatory basis in areas designated as water stressed. Defra is committ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Horticulture: Legumes
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