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Commons · Question 12958 · Tabled 6 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 14 Nov 2024

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Asked by Melanie Onn

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency's paper entitled, A summary of England’s revised draft regional and water resources management plans, published on 21 March 2024, whether he ha

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Answered by Emma Hardy, 14 Nov 2024

Water companies are required to publish a statutory water resource management plan (WRMP) every 5 years. If the need for new water supplies is identified as a result of the assessments carried out to develop the WRMP, the company will set out the timescal...