Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72619

Drinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to regulate levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Defra continues to work closely with other Government departments, regulators and devolved administrations to assess PFAS levels, sources and risks to inform future policy and regulatory approaches. Action has already been taken to ban or restrict specifi...

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