Water Supply: Newton Abbot
Commons · Question 95916 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2025 to Question 82808 on Water Supply: Newton Abbot, what assessment her Department has made of the capacity of Teignbridge District Council to me
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 9 Dec 2025
Local authorities can recover costs incurred from their work on private water supplies from the relevant person for the supply. Defra expects all local authorities to undertake their statutory duties.