Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 27675

Water Charges

Tabled: 30 January 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinvesting fines collected from water companies in reducing water bills.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Water Restoration Fund, which launched in April last year, is reinvesting funding based on water company environmental fines and penalties into projects to improve the water environment. Up to £11 million of funding was made available on a competitive...
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