Question follow-through · 125489
Water: Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the quality of open water in Ashfield constituency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 15 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the quality of open water in Ashfield constituency.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Environment Agency will publish updated water body classifications later this year (https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/England/classifications). This will provide a measure of the health of the water environment, focusing on the effect...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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