Water Companies: Investment
Commons · Question 108021 · Tabled 23 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Gareth Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that water companies deliver the improvements promised through the £104 billion of private investment referred to in ‘A new vision for water’, pu
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 28 Jan 2026
Ofwat, the independent economic regulator, monitors and reports on water company spending and financing through its annual performance report and its monitoring and financial resilience report. These documents are publicly available. Ofwat’s five-yearly ‘...