Question follow-through · 100300
Water Charges: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's planned timelines are for considering the introduction of a national social tariff for water bills; and whether she is taking steps to ensure that the potential d
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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- Inland Waterways: Access · 9 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's planned timelines are for considering the introduction of a national social tariff for water bills; and whether she is taking steps to ensure that the potential d
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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6 Jan 2026
Answer published
This Government is committed to protecting the most vulnerable and is working with industry to keep support schemes under review to ensure that vulnerable customers are supported. As such, we have carried out a consultation on reforms to WaterSure - the s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Inland Waterways: Access
9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the Access to Nature Green Paper includes provisions for increased public access to unregulated inland waterways.