Water Companies: Insolvency
Commons · Question 90064 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Charlie Maynard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will publish guidance on how (a) environmental performance, (b) repeated regulatory breaches and (c) other non-financial factors will be considered when determining to appl
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 19 Nov 2025
The law states that Special Administration can only be initiated if the company becomes insolvent or they are in such serious breach of their principal statutory duties or an enforcement order that it is inappropriate for the company to retain its licence...