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date	14/03/2024
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: Rivers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects sewage releases into (a) the River Foss, (b) the River Ouse and (c) their tributaries to stop.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	18743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the amount of sewage currently being discharged into our waters is unacceptable. Through the government’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, we have set stringent targets for water companies to reduce the use of storm overflows. Our Plan will eliminate ecological harm from all storm sewage discharges by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023 the Environment Agency carried out 17 targeted compliance inspections of Yorkshire Water’s waste-water treatment works which discharge into the Foss/Ouse and their tributaries.</p><p> </p><p>Within the current Price Review Period, which runs from 2020 to 2025, Yorkshire Water will be improving Hutton and Stillington treatment works, which discharge into the Foss catchment, in order to ensure they comply with requirements under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). These improvements should reduce Phosphorus from the final effluent, and drive improvement of the WFD status.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 02/04/2024 13:06:48 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1696161

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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: Rivers
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 he has made of the potential impact of (a) sewage and (b) other contaminants in the river system on the food chain.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	18744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government's Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan (SODRP) was extended in 2023 with further stringent targets on the use of storm overflows to protect people and the environment, prioritising for early action areas used for bathing, for growing shellfish, or with high ecological importance.</p><p> </p><p>This plan will eliminate ecological harm from all storm sewage discharges by 2050, protecting biodiversity the ecology of our rivers and seas, and the public health of our water users for generations to come. In addition to the formulation of the SODRP, we produced an <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F651162052f404b0014c3d83c%2FImpact_Assessment_September_2023.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C1687e24ebea84ba2b63e08dc65e7a435%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638497292784558641%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uFCljEkz%2BUPk%2FhhSlyoKzntKV0MDDRdhz4bT4XAXths%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">impact assessment</a> which assesses the quality of evidence regarding environmental, public health and social impacts of storm overflow operation.</p><p> </p><p>The SODRP targets will be reviewed in 2027 when new information is available to see if water companies can go further or faster.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 02/05/2024 10:50:05 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell