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Water Supply: Standards

Commons · Question 116061 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has issued guidance on the statutory limits that apply to the number of unplanned water supply interruptions permitted in a single locality within a calendar yea

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 4 Mar 2026

This Government has doubled compensation payments and introduced a range of new standards to the Guaranteed Standards Scheme (GSS) which requires companies to automatically make a payment to all affected customers if it fails to meet the standards set out...