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Environment Agency Charges Review

The Environment Agency is conducting a comprehensive review of its charging regime to fund environmental services, including proposals for decarbonisation readiness, recycling simplification, and cost-of-service charges. This active review, supported by the Natural Environment Bill, addresses affordability concerns and the balance between environmental investment needs and customer costs, with particular scrutiny on water company charges and government cost recovery mechanisms.

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18 Jul 2025 | Committee report linked

We sought to understand would happen if a water company became insolvent. Defra told us that that the special administration regime will ensure that services are protected.78 Defra also acknowledged that there would be costs involved in setting up such a regime, which the government would seek to recover.79 If government costs cannot be recovered elsewhere, the government now has the power to recover them through customer bills.80 Defra told us that it needed to be careful about this, and the...

We sought to understand would happen if a water company became insolvent. Defra told us that that the special administration regime will ensure that services are protected.78 Defra also acknowledged that there would be costs involved in setting up such …

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13 Jan 2022 | Committee report linked

The Government acknowledges that reductions in discharges from the sewerage network will require significant investment across the water estate. The price estimate made by the Storm Overflows Taskforce of the cost of full separation of the entire sewerage network should be carefully scrutinised by the Government as it produces its plan, required by September 2022 under the Environment Act, on the actions required to reduce discharges from storm overflows in England.

The Government acknowledges that reductions in discharges from the sewerage network will require significant investment across the water estate. The price estimate made by the Storm Overflows Taskforce of the cost of full separation of the entire sewerage network should …

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8 Feb 2021 | Committee report linked

We share the concern of our predecessor Committee about the apparent stalling of private sector contributions under the partnership funding model. The recent National Audit Office report shows the Government faces an uphill struggle to reverse the decline in private sector contributions. We welcome the steps the Government is taking to encourage more private contributions, including reviewing guidance on corporation tax relief. However, we note with concern that the Environment Agency has sai...

We share the concern of our predecessor Committee about the apparent stalling of private sector contributions under the partnership funding model. The recent National Audit Office report shows the Government faces an uphill struggle to reverse the decline in private …

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