Question follow-through · 6737
Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) current demand reduction assumptions in water resource planning and (b) the proportion of projected savings by 2050 not tied to specif
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) current demand reduction assumptions in water resource planning and (b) the proportion of projected savings by 2050 not tied to specif
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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10 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Environment Agency’s National Framework for Water Resources estimates a shortfall of nearly 5 billion litres of water per day by 2050 between available supply and expected demand. Government has a statutory target to reduce water use in England per he...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Peatlands: Nature Conservation
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will provide long-term funding certainty for upland peatland restoration beyond the expiry of the Nature for Climate Fund in March 2027.