Sewage: Pollution Control
Commons · Question 91670 · Tabled 17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Reed: Government to cut sewage pollution in half by 2030, published on 19 July 2025, what proportion of the £104 billion funding will be sp
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 24 Nov 2025
The Government has secured £104 billion of investment which includes over £10 billion to reduce sewage discharges from over 2,500 storm overflows in England and £4.8 billion to reduce phosphorus pollution. This will deliver on cleaning up our rivers, lake...