Water: Standards
Commons · Question 85459 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water bodies are classified as failing to meet good ecological status for which the latest data is available; and what steps she is taking to help improve the quality of water
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Nov 2025
The last full classification update was produced in 2019 when 3893 water bodies of a total of 4651 were failing to meet good ecological status in 2019. The Independent Water Commission, tasked by the Government to produce recommendations to transform how ...