Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 68302

Rivers: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the sources of PFAS pollution in UK rivers.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Environment Agency (EA) has been co-ordinating a programme of work to better understand the presence of PFAS in the environment and develop a risk-based approach to manage identified risks.