Written questions

Thames Water: Finance

Commons · Question 90067 · 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 her Department has assessed Thames Water’s current financial position against the statutory criteria for applying to the High Court for a special administration order.

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...