Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 122357

Water Companies: Insolvency

Tabled: 19 March 2026

Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

Mr Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that Ofwat's successor regulator has sufficient powers to place a failing water company into Special Administration on grounds of environmental non-c

Answer

Emma Hardy

As set out in the Water White Paper, we will create a powerful new regulator, bringing together the relevant functions from the existing regulators (of Ofwat, the Drinking Water Inspectorate, the Environment Agency and Natural England) into one new body. ...

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