Question follow-through · 21803
Water Supply: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made any assessment of the adequacy of push-fit MDPE water supply piping standards in preventing water leaks in the public water supply network.
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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
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made any assessment of the adequacy of push-fit MDPE water supply piping standards in preventing water leaks in the public water supply network.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to urgent action to improve water efficiency and reduce water company leaks, alongside delivering new supply infrastructure. including new reservoirs and water transfers. Water company Water Resources Management Plans show how ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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