Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 123110
Water: Regulation
Tabled: 24 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026
Question
Barry Gardiner
Labour — Brent West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the costs of the transition set out in the Water White Paper from four water regulators to one.
Answer
Emma HardyAcross all our reforms the goal is to deliver our key outcomes - environment, customers, investability - in the most effective and efficient way possible to ensure lasting value.