Strengthening Penalties for Water Company Offences

Publication of Annual Regulator Water Company Performance Reports

UIN: HCWS985 Today, the Environment Agency will publish its Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) for 2024 and Ofwat will publish their Water Company Performance Report (WCPR) for the 2024-25 financial year.These assessments are being brought together for the fir...

Consulting on new penalties for the water sector

UIN: HCWS976 The Government is pleased to announce that today we have launched a consultation on strengthening the Environment Agency’s tools for enforcing against offences committed by water companies.Currently, the Environment Agency has to be satisfied “beyond reas...

Water Sector Penalties Consultation

UIN: HLWS978 My honourable friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy MP, has made the following Written Statement.The Government is pleased to announce that today we have launched a consultation on strengthening the Environment Agency’s tools for enforci...

Update on next steps post Costa Beck Court of Appeal Judgment on River Basin Management Plans

UIN: HLWS882 My honourable friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy MP, has made the following Written Statement.The water industry is failing. Our rivers, lakes and seas are polluted with record levels of sewage. Water pipes have been …

Update on next steps post Costa Beck Court of Appeal Judgment on River Basin Management Plans

UIN: HCWS886 The water industry is failing. Our rivers, lakes and seas are polluted with record levels of sewage. Water pipes have been left to crumble into disrepair. We share customers’ fury at rising bills. The lack of water infrastructure …

Independent Water Commission Call for Evidence

UIN: HCWS475 A secure water supply is essential for every home and business throughout the country. It is the foundation of our economy, our communities and our global security.This Government inherited a water sector in disrepair. The rivers, lakes and …

Price Review 2024 Final Determinations

UIN: HCWS345 Our water system needs fixing. Our rivers, lakes and seas are choked by pollution.Under the Conservatives, our sewage system crumbled. They irresponsibly let water companies divert customers’ money to line the pockets of their bosses and shareholders.The ...

Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 — Press notices: Water (Special Measures) Bill: call for evidence

Water (Special Measures) Bill

UIN: HLWS81 My honourable friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy MP, has made the following Written Statement.On 4 September, the Government introduced the Water (Special Measures) Bill to Parliament to deliver on our manifesto commitment to put …

Water (Special Measures) Bill

UIN: HCWS79 On 4 September, the Government introduced the Water (Special Measures) Bill to Parliament to deliver on our manifesto commitment to put water companies under special measures to clean up our water. This builds on the statement of 11 …

First steps to reform water sector

UIN: HLWS12 My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP), has made the following statement.The new Government will never look the other way while water companies pump record …

First steps to reform water sector

UIN: HCWS3 The new Government will never look the other way while water companies pump record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we have outlined our immediate measures to begin the work to clean …

Water company inspections update

UIN: HCWS268 The government is announcing plans today for a fourfold increase in water company inspections to drive the improved performance that the public rightly expect to see. Going forward, every water company operating wholly or mainly in England should …

Water company inspections update

UIN: HLWS263 My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Steve Barclay) has made the following Statement.The government is announcing plans today for a fourfold increase in water company inspections to drive the improved …

Water Update

UIN: HCWS1063 The Price Review is an independent five-yearly process, run by the economic regulator Ofwat, to determine investment plans for water companies and customer bills over the next five years, in this case from 2025 to 2030 period. This …

Water company fines to be channelled into environmental improvements

UIN: HCWS408 On Wednesday 30 November the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs announced that future funding from fines handed out to water companies that pollute our rivers and seas will be invested in schemes that benefit our natural …

Water company fines to be channelled into environmental improvements

UIN: HLWS399 My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Dr Thérèse Coffey) has made the following Statement. On Wednesday 30 November the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs announced that future funding …

Reducing demand for water

UIN: HCWS140 In 2019 the Government carried out a consultation on measures to reduce personal water consumption. Today I wish to announce measures that the Government will take following our consultation.ContextThe Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan sets out our am...

Reducing demand for water

UIN: HLWS136 My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (George Eustice) has today made the following statementIn 2019 the Government carried out a consultation on measures to reduce personal water consumption. Today I wish to announce measures that the …