Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 90064

Water Companies: Insolvency

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

Charlie Maynard

Liberal DemocratWitney

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will publish guidance on how (a) environmental performance, (b) repeated regulatory breaches and (c) other non-financial factors will be considered when determining to appl

Answer

Emma Hardy
The law states that Special Administration can only be initiated if the company becomes insolvent or they are in such serious breach of their principal statutory duties or an enforcement order that it is inappropriate for the company to retain its licence...

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