Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 68227
Water Companies: Fines
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Named DayQuestion
Alex Brewer
Liberal Democrat — North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of the (a) fines and (b) other penalties levied on water companies will be used for projects to clean chalk streams.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Water Restoration Fund, which launched in April 2024, was established to reinvest water company environmental fines and penalties back into projects to improve the water environment. A total of £11 million, based on fines and penalties from April 2022...
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