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1627922

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water Charges: Social Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce a national scheme for social tariffs on water bills.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	184991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given on 3 February 2023 to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-30/135453" target="_blank">135453</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 18/05/2023 11:03:34 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1611383

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sewage: Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made on whether individual water companies can achieve targets set out the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	181011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/storm-overflows-discharge-reduction-plan" target="_blank">Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan</a> was launched in August 2022. Water companies are currently preparing their business plans as part of the planning cycle for 2025-2030 (PR24), setting out how they will achieve Government targets over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committing to review the targets in the plan in 2027. This will allow us to establish if companies can go further and faster to achieve the storm overflow targets in this Plan without having a disproportionate impact on consumers bills.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/04/2023 09:00:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1611384

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water Companies: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) Ofwat and (b) other regulatory bodies on linking the pay of senior water company executives and directors to performance.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	181012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>Government have been clear that companies must be transparent about aligning water company bonuses payment to delivery of services for customers, including environmental performance.</p><p> </p><p>We have had discussions with Ofwat on company performance, including the need to increase transparency. We are pleased that, in December 2022, Ofwat strengthened its powers on executive pay awards by setting out that shareholders, and not customers, will fund pay awards where companies do not demonstrate their decisions on pay awards reflects overall performance. We support Ofwat’s new guidance on the scope and implementation of this new measure, published in March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>This new measure will provide positive steps to protecting consumer interest and our environment.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/04/2023 08:55:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1611385

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water Charges: Sewers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate her Department has made on the average amount added to domestic water bills as a result of constructing new sewer systems.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	181013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>Water infrastructure is funded through customer bills. Every five years, Ofwat sets an overall cap on the total amount that each water company may recover from their customers, through a process called the Price Review. As part of this process Ofwat balances the interests of the consumers with the ability for companies to finance the delivery of its services, including the removal of sewerage from homes and its treatment.</p><p> </p><p>The current price review period runs from 2020-2025 and the level of investment in this period is £51 billion. The average household bill is £448 in 2023-24, of which £233 is spent on sewerage services, which includes building and maintaining sewer pipes, pumping sewage to treatment works, treatment, flowing cleaned and treated wastewater back into rivers and the sea and converting solid material from sewage into gas for energy.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/04/2023 08:51:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1566231

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water Companies: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of effectiveness of the regulation of water companies.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	902963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government and regulators continue to work together to hold water companies to account and we plan to strengthen regulations further, including consulting on making it easier for the Environment Agency to issue fines.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, the Environment Agency has brought 56 prosecutions against water companies, securing fines of almost £141 million.</p><p> </p><p>In November Defra and HM Treasury announced that future fines handed out to water companies will be channelled into work to improve water quality.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes in effective economic and environmental regulation of water companies. Privatisation has unlocked around £170 billion of investment to improve water services and the environment.</p><p> </p><p>But where companies fail to meet their obligations, regulators have not hesitated to take action, including criminal prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 12/01/2023 15:12:46 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1551033

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with (a) ministerial colleagues in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, (b) the Cabinet Office, and (c) leaders in local government on improving flood risk awareness.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	109572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of subjects, including flood risk. Discussions among Cabinet colleagues are considered confidential.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency (EA) launched its annual <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fflood-action-week-households-urged-to-prepare-in-2022-year-of-extremes&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cf822ccb48bd14ee6b9bf08dade871636%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638066969011427411%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rq6wLKuOBmttXwXSQONfHANxnSOmQYCbpm5IKKFCorE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Flood Action Campaign</a> on 7 November, to encourage people to prepare in advance for flooding. This campaign promoted awareness of flood risk this winter, the actions people can take to prepare and government investment in flood resilience. In excess of 100 partners supported the week which generated over 130 pieces of coverage in print, online and broadcast across national and regional media. EA and Defra social media posts received 1.8m impressions and 5.2k engagements. Year on year, page views of the ‘how to plan ahead for flooding’ page during Flood Action Week increased by 33%.</p><p> </p><p>This autumn the EA also held winter readiness briefings and workshops with rural stakeholders, supported by the Met Office and the Flood Forecasting Centre, to communicate the range of services available to help prepare for possible flooding in rural locations this winter.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/12/2022 15:59:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1544174

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Property Flood Resilience Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October to Question 61123 on Property Flood Resilience Scheme, whether her Department plans to publish the update Property Flood Resilience Repair Grant scheme before the end of this year.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	92217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The outcomes of the evaluation of the Property Flood Resilience (PFR) Repair Grant Scheme will be published in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/11/2022 15:30:34 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1538207

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Environment Agency: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she had made of the performance of the Environment Agency in achieving its objectives set by the EA2025 corporate plan.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	75924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Environment Agency publishes its corporate scorecard on a quarterly basis, assessing its performance against the EA2025 corporate plan. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/environment-agency-corporate-scorecard" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/environment-agency-corporate-scorecard</a></p><p> </p><p>Defra also regularly assesses the Environment Agency’s performance across key priorities in Quarterly and Ministerial Performance Reviews. These reviews enable joint discussion of progress against priorities and any risks, challenges and opportunities that may emerge during the year.</p><p> </p><p>Defra ministers regularly meet with the Environment Agency leadership to discuss performance and delivery of departmental priorities.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 07/11/2022 14:55:44 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1538208

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sewage: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency on sewage discharge and the accountability of water companies.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	75925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency and tackling sewage discharges is one of my key priorities. HM Government is taking steps to prioritise water company action on sewage overflows. We have launched the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, that introduced strict targets on sewage pollution requiring water companies to deliver their largest ever environment infrastructure investment - £56 billion capital investment over 25 years. Our Plan will eliminate ecological harm from all sewage discharges and it will protect the ecology of our rivers and seas, and the public health of our water users for generations to come.</p><p>The Environment Agency and Ofwat have recently launched the largest criminal and civil investigations into water company sewage discharges ever, at over 2200 treatment works, following new data coming to light as a result of increased monitoring.  Since 2015, the Environment Agency has brought 54 prosecutions against water companies, securing fines of almost £140 million. We have also recently announced that we will bring forward plans to increase the amount the Environment Agency can directly fine water companies who pollute the environment by 1000-fold, from £250,000 up to £250million.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 07/11/2022 17:16:52 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1439430

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Property Flood Resilience Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing the Property Flood Resilience grant to take account additional costs of (a) surveys and (b) planning permission.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	137317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Property Flood Resilience (PFR) Repair Grant Scheme is part of the Government Flood Recovery Framework and, if activated, reimburses local authorities for awarding grants of up to £5000 towards the cost of repairs to make homes flood resilient.</p><p> </p><p>For successful applications, up to £500 is available (as part of the £5,000 PFR 2020 grant) to fund the cost of an independent pre-installation survey (to develop the project plan) and post completion inspection of the completed work, by a suitably qualified independent surveyor.</p><p> </p><p>Defra last launched the PFR Repair Grant scheme following the flooding in November 2019 and February 2020. Requests for additional support for planning applications in both these schemes have been minimal as most PFR measures do not require planning permission.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is currently carrying out an evaluation of the PFR Repair Grant scheme. The outcomes of this evaluation will inform any PFR repair grant schemes that may be run in the future.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/03/2022 15:35:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis