Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 50999

Water Companies: Licensing

Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 15 May 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the conditions on which water companies' licences are renewed where there is repeated (a) pollution or (b) non-compliance.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Where companies have failed to meet their statutory or licence obligations, Ofwat have the power to take action through an enforcement order or financial penalty. This Government will continue to work with water sector regulators to hold water companies t...

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