Water Companies: Fines
Commons · Question 33367 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to prohibit water companies from passing on any fines to customers via increasing their
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 4 Mar 2025
Ofwat are clear that when financial penalties are imposed on water companies, customers should not bear the costs and water companies cannot surcharge their customers to recover the funds. Building on this, during its first week in office, the government ...