Question follow-through · 27941
Water: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requirements apply to water companies undertaking compulsory metering in areas designated as seriously water stressed in relation to (a) advance notice, (b) customer consultation,
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requirements apply to water companies undertaking compulsory metering in areas designated as seriously water stressed in relation to (a) advance notice, (b) customer consultation,
10 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2026
Answer published
The adequacy of South Staffs Water's metering programme is assessed through the company's statutory Water Resources Management Plan and regulatory oversight arrangements. Defra does not hold a published forecast of household meter installations by local a...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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