Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 71872
River Thames: Safety
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Mr Joshua Reynolds
Liberal Democrat — Maidenhead
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to help ensure that staffing levels of lock keepers and river infrastructure on the non-tidal River Thames are sufficient to guarantee public and oper
Answer
Emma HardyEnsuring public and operator safety on the non-tidal River Thames is a priority for the Environment Agency (EA). The EA is investing in additional lock and weir resource.