Question follow-through · 104960
Water Restoration Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Water Restoration Fund will open for new applications in 2026.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Water Restoration Fund will open for new applications in 2026.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Water Restoration Fund, funded by water company fines and penalties from April 2022 until October 2023, is now delivering on-the-ground improvements for water quality through 51 projects, directly benefitting the communities and the environment which ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fertilisers: Imports
9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proportion of fertiliser that is imported on food security.
Countryside Stewardship Scheme
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to ensure the timely completion of payments for Countryside Stewardship agreements.
Agriculture: Plastics
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of recycling rates of farm plastic.
Agriculture: Plastics
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support farmers to recycle farm plastic.
Horticulture: Plastics
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure local authority recycling schemes accept non-black plant pots.
Horticulture: Plastics
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to provide guidance on the collection of plastic plant pots by local authorities under the plastic waste stream, in accordance with Schedule 1, Part 4 of the Separati
Horses
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential merits inclusion of ponies in grazing densities under Countryside Stewardship schemes.
Horses: Dartmoor
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact on Dartmoor ponies of their inclusion in grazing densities under Countryside Stewardship schemes.
Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of animal welfare practices in slaughterhouses.
Horses: Dartmoor
21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of grazing density calculations on Dartmoor pony populations.
Horses: Dartmoor
21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect Dartmoor ponies in the context of the publication of stocking densities for Countryside Stewardship schemes.
South West Water: Fines
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the financial penalty incurred by South West Water at Exeter Magistrates' Court on 2 June 2026 will be paid into the Water Restoration Fund.