Water Companies: Licensing
Commons · Question 50999 · Tabled 8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 15 May 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the conditions on which water companies' licences are renewed where there is repeated (a) pollution or (b) non-compliance.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 15 May 2025
Where companies have failed to meet their statutory or licence obligations, Ofwat have the power to take action through an enforcement order or financial penalty. This Government will continue to work with water sector regulators to hold water companies t...