Question follow-through · 113317
Legal Aid Scheme: Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the role of Legal Aid in enabling consumers to hold water companies to account for overcharging and environmental damage.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 23 Feb 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the role of Legal Aid in enabling consumers to hold water companies to account for overcharging and environmental damage.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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23 Feb 2026
Answer published
The scope of legal aid is set out under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, and applicants are subject to relevant means and merits tests. Legal aid is available in relation to injunctions for nuisance arising from prescribed t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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