Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 61675

Water Companies: Fines

Tabled: 20 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025

Question

Aphra Brandreth

ConservativeChester South and Eddisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the revenue that will be raised from fines imposed on water companies for environmental breaches in the next 12 months.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Environmental enforcement, including fines, is provided by independent regulators Ofwat and the Environment Agency (EA). Enforcement activity and subsequent fines are affected by a wide variety of factors and the Government does not have a predicted figur...

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