Written questions

Water Companies: Fines

Commons · Question 61675 · Tabled 20 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Aphra Brandreth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the revenue that will be raised from fines imposed on water companies for environmental breaches in the next 12 months.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 30 Jun 2025

Environmental enforcement, including fines, is provided by independent regulators Ofwat and the Environment Agency (EA). Enforcement activity and subsequent fines are affected by a wide variety of factors and the Government does not have a predicted figur...