Question follow-through · 106849
Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of the potential regulatory implications of treating water stress and water efficiency as separate classifications; and whether her Department p
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 19 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
19 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of the potential regulatory implications of treating water stress and water efficiency as separate classifications; and whether her Department p
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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26 Jan 2026
Answer published
Defra has not made any assessment of the regulatory implications of treating water stress and water efficiency as separate classifications. The department defines serious water stress as ‘the current household demand for water is a high proportion of the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the total value of non-contractual severance payments across the department in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Civil Servants
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in their Department were found to have broken the Civil Service Code in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.