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Commons · Question 4333 · Tabled 4 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 13 Sep 2024

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Asked by Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to assess whether a water company should lose its licence.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 13 Sep 2024

Ofwat, as the independent economic regulator, carries out its work in the manner it considers best meets its duties, including its duty to secure that water companies properly carry out their functions. Where companies have failed to meet statutory or lic...