Written questions

Water: Conservation

Commons · Question 6740 · Tabled 4 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to introduce mandatory water efficiency requirements for (a) data centres and (b) other large non-household users.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 10 Jun 2026

In February, Government committed to looking at ways to help drive the uptake of water reuse and rainwater management for large non-household water users including data centres within the Water White Paper. Non-household businesses are encouraged to enqui...