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Sewers: Private Sector

Commons · Question 38837 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 24 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is available to help homeowners with private sewage systems to meet environmental standards.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 24 Mar 2025

In some cases involving more than one property, and where the other qualifying criteria set out in the legislation and associated Ministerial guidance are met, the relevant sewerage undertaker may have a duty to provide and pay for a new public sewer to s...