Question follow-through · 118223
Water Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Water White Paper, January 2026, p.31, how will the reform of the WaterSure scheme be funded, and whether there will be a cross-subsidy charged on household bills
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Water White Paper, January 2026, p.31, how will the reform of the WaterSure scheme be funded, and whether there will be a cross-subsidy charged on household bills
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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12 Mar 2026
Answer published
This Government is committed to protecting the most vulnerable and as such, is reforming the WaterSure support scheme. The regulations that provide for the scheme were made in 1999: The Water Industry (Charges) (Vulnerable Groups) Regulations 1999. We wil...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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