Question follow-through · 123110
Water: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the costs of the transition set out in the Water White Paper from four water regulators to one.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 6 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
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the costs of the transition set out in the Water White Paper from four water regulators to one.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
Across all our reforms the goal is to deliver our key outcomes - environment, customers, investability - in the most effective and efficient way possible to ensure lasting value.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Thames Water
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the most recent legal advice her Department has been given with regards to initiating a Special Administration procedure for Thames Water.
Thames Water: FTI Consulting
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the most recent advice that FTI Consulting have given the Department on placing Thames Water into a Special Administration Regime.
Thames Water: FTI Consulting
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings she has had with FTI consulting in which discussions took place regarding placing Thames Water into a Special Administration Regime.
Water Companies: Repairs and Maintenance
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of to Question 122633, on Water Companies: Repairs and Maintenance, whether her Department will publish the initial cost information on ending operator self-moni
Sewage: Waste Disposal
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, since 27 March 2020, how many offences relating to discharge of sewage from a water company asset have the Environment Agency prosecuted.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
16 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to answer Written Parliamentary Question UIN 124051.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
16 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to answer Written Parliamentary Question UIN 123113.
Water Companies: Prosecutions
16 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions the Environment Agency has completed against Water and Sewerage Companies for offences that have taken place since 27 March 2020.
Water Companies: Prosecutions
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April to Question 127788 on Water Companies: Prosecutions, of the 37 completed prosecutions against Water and Sewerage Companies since 27 March 2020, how m
Thames Water
22 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the principal statutory duties are of Thames Water Utilities Limited's licence.
Water Companies: Prosecutions
27 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 128631 to Question 27 April 2026, if she will list the 37 prosecutions by the (a) name of the water and/or sewage company prosecuted, (b) date of prosecution,
Water Companies: Prosecutions
27 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 128631, how many of the 5 prosecutions related to offences which took place after 27 March 2020 were for sewage discharge offences.