Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118405

Water Companies

Tabled: 5 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Iqbal Mohamed

IndependentDewsbury and Batley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will undertake an updated feasibility review of all the different ownership models relating to the provision of water in the United Kingdom.

Answer

Emma Hardy
There are several different ownership models in the companies providing water in the United Kingdom. Where a company requests to transition to a new ownership model, we have committed in the White Paper that the regulator will develop a transparent proces...

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