Water Charges: Older People
Commons · Question 111876 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) the older population and (b) pensioners with water poverty.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 13 Feb 2026
Water companies are more than doubling social tariff support for vulnerable customers and Government is working with industry to keep their support schemes under review to ensure that vulnerable customers are supported. We are considering ways to drive mo...