Water Charges
Commons · Question 71278 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made in establishing a national social tariff for water consumers.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 8 Sep 2025
The Independent Water Commission made a recommendation to consult on a National Social Tariff, which Government is taking into consideration and will provide a response to later this year in a White Paper. Water companies have more than doubled the number...