Question follow-through · 99090

Rivers: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the latest data on the ecological status of rivers across the UK.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
16 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the latest data on the ecological status of rivers across the UK.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Environment Agency (EA) is preparing the next update of water body classifications which underpin river basin management plans and guide investment decisions.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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