Written questions

Water Companies

Commons · Question 118405 · Tabled 5 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 16 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Iqbal Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will undertake an updated feasibility review of all the different ownership models relating to the provision of water in the United Kingdom.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 16 Mar 2026

There are several different ownership models in the companies providing water in the United Kingdom. Where a company requests to transition to a new ownership model, we have committed in the White Paper that the regulator will develop a transparent proces...