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Water Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is her policy on the use of surge pricing for household water bills, and what plans she has to to stop the introduction of (a) seasonal water metering and (b) rising block tariffs

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is her policy on the use of surge pricing for household water bills, and what plans she has to to stop the introduction of (a) seasonal water metering and (b) rising block tariffs

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Government has no plans to introduce surge pricing for household water bills and no plans to mandate the wider use of seasonal tariffs or rising block tariffs during the current price review period.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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