Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 111876
Water Charges: Older People
Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 13 February 2026
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) the older population and (b) pensioners with water poverty.
Answer
Emma HardyWater companies are more than doubling social tariff support for vulnerable customers and Government is working with industry to keep their support schemes under review to ensure that vulnerable customers are supported. We are considering ways to drive mo...
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