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1220321

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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 Supply
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 plans he has to reduce residential demand for water in the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	68328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>We recently consulted on <em>Measures to reduce personal water consumption</em>.</p><p> </p><p>A Government response to this consultation will be published by the end of 2020, which will set out intended steps to improve water efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/07/2020 13:33:05 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1200270

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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 Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, following reports that Wolverhampton and Shropshire face failure of their water supplies, what steps they are taking to reduce demand and leakage, and to secure supplies, both in the short term in response to dry weather and high usage reportedly due to lockdown, and in the longer term.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The current water supply issues in Wolverhampton and Shropshire are due to constraints in Severn Trent Water's distribution network, and not a lack of available water. Severn Trent Water has responded to the issue by asking customers to use water wisely to reduce demand. The CEO of Severn Trent Water attended the National Drought Group chaired by the Environment Agency on 5 June 2020 to discuss the current risks and approaches to the dry weather and water demand management.</p><p> </p><p>If the company has issues with available water resources it will activate its statutory Drought Plan to manage the situation. In the long term, the water company will need to assess how it manages its supply and demand, including proactively reducing leakage and managing demand through its statutory Water Resources Management Plan. In addition, through its business plan that it submits to Ofwat it will need to assess whether it has the correct infrastructure to cope with future demands from customers.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 17/06/2020 13:14:00 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1180714

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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 Supply
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 plans he has in place to ensure that water utility companies (a) repair leaks in their networks and (b) take other steps to reduce water waste.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	21279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the water industry commitment of a 50% leakage reduction by 2050. This commitment forms part of a target set by Ofwat which is bound to financial penalties or rewards based upon performance as part of the Price Review (PR) process.</p><p> </p><p>In PR19 Ofwat set out a £51 billion five-year investment package for the 2020-25 period, including requirements for water companies to cut leaks by 16% and reduce mains bursts by 12%</p><p> </p><p>Water companies provide data to the Environment Agency on water losses. In 2018-19 reporting period 1570.5 Ml/d was lost.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/03/2020 13:52:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1141016

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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 Supply
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 steps the Government has taken to ensure the adequacy of water supplies during heatwaves.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	280445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Water companies have a statutory duty to provide clean and reliable water to customers under the Water Industry Act 1991, whatever the weather. To fulfil this duty there is a statutory requirement to maintain water resources management plans, which balance water supply and demand at least twenty-five years into the future.</p><p>The Government, the Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat issued guidance to water companies in 2016 on how they should be planning to supply water to a growing population, while protecting and enhancing our environment, including taking appropriate action to respond to climate projections. Water companies are currently revising their plans.</p><p>The Government is working closely with other water regulators and the water industry to improve the resilience of water supplies. The Government recognises continued action is required and it is committed to a ‘twin track approach’, of reducing demand for water and increasing supply in parallel.</p><p>The Government is taking steps to improve water resources planning to ensure that there is better collaboration between water companies and other water using sectors on their water supply resilience. This includes the EA developing a National Framework for water resources, which use evidence to illustrate the regional and national challenge of water availability. The Government has also consulted on legislative improvements to ensure that water companies’ plans are informed by effective collaboration.</p><p>Water companies have statutory drought plans in place to mitigate the impacts of prolonged dry weather and drought. Water companies are prepared for spikes in demand during high temperatures and manage their water resources to prevent impacts on customer supplies.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 280446 question first answered 30/07/2019 14:40:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1141017

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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 Supply
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 steps the Government has taken to protect future water supplies against potential disruption caused by climate change.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	280446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Water companies have a statutory duty to provide clean and reliable water to customers under the Water Industry Act 1991, whatever the weather. To fulfil this duty there is a statutory requirement to maintain water resources management plans, which balance water supply and demand at least twenty-five years into the future.</p><p>The Government, the Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat issued guidance to water companies in 2016 on how they should be planning to supply water to a growing population, while protecting and enhancing our environment, including taking appropriate action to respond to climate projections. Water companies are currently revising their plans.</p><p>The Government is working closely with other water regulators and the water industry to improve the resilience of water supplies. The Government recognises continued action is required and it is committed to a ‘twin track approach’, of reducing demand for water and increasing supply in parallel.</p><p>The Government is taking steps to improve water resources planning to ensure that there is better collaboration between water companies and other water using sectors on their water supply resilience. This includes the EA developing a National Framework for water resources, which use evidence to illustrate the regional and national challenge of water availability. The Government has also consulted on legislative improvements to ensure that water companies’ plans are informed by effective collaboration.</p><p>Water companies have statutory drought plans in place to mitigate the impacts of prolonged dry weather and drought. Water companies are prepared for spikes in demand during high temperatures and manage their water resources to prevent impacts on customer supplies.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 280445 question first answered 30/07/2019 14:40:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1140453

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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 Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many water leaks have been recorded by each water company in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL17286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency’s records for water company leakage are in the table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total leakage Ml/d</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Affinity Water</p></td><td><p>178.70</p></td><td><p>182.64</p></td><td><p>179.57</p></td><td><p>171.68</p></td><td><p>173.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Water</p></td><td><p>192.72</p></td><td><p>192.00</p></td><td><p>182.65</p></td><td><p>184.72</p></td><td><p>182.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol Water</p></td><td><p>43.65</p></td><td><p>45.11</p></td><td><p>44.22</p></td><td><p>46.42</p></td><td><p>46.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge Water</p></td><td><p>12.71</p></td><td><p>13.53</p></td><td><p>13.24</p></td><td><p>14.32</p></td><td><p>14.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex &amp; Suffolk Water</p></td><td><p>58.39</p></td><td><p>60.86</p></td><td><p>62.42</p></td><td><p>68.08</p></td><td><p>66.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbrian Water</p></td><td><p>134.04</p></td><td><p>136.79</p></td><td><p>134.66</p></td><td><p>133.82</p></td><td><p>137.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth Water</p></td><td><p>29.50</p></td><td><p>28.85</p></td><td><p>28.06</p></td><td><p>30.37</p></td><td><p>32.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth Water</p></td><td><p>20.67</p></td><td><p>20.56</p></td><td><p>19.63</p></td><td><p>19.11</p></td><td><p>19.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severn Trent Water</p></td><td><p>441.00</p></td><td><p>440.40</p></td><td><p>429.39</p></td><td><p>423.56</p></td><td><p>445.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Water</p></td><td><p>92.56</p></td><td><p>92.43</p></td><td><p>88.11</p></td><td><p>88.63</p></td><td><p>87.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Staffordshire Water</p></td><td><p>66.88</p></td><td><p>69.22</p></td><td><p>69.88</p></td><td><p>69.85</p></td><td><p>72.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Water</p></td><td><p>84.07</p></td><td><p>84.36</p></td><td><p>83.75</p></td><td><p>84.40</p></td><td><p>88.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Water</p></td><td><p>84.59</p></td><td><p>81.69</p></td><td><p>83.91</p></td><td><p>88.11</p></td><td><p>88.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton &amp; East Surrey Water</p></td><td><p>23.93</p></td><td><p>24.16</p></td><td><p>24.17</p></td><td><p>24.30</p></td><td><p>24.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Water</p></td><td><p>648.14</p></td><td><p>657.39</p></td><td><p>645.90</p></td><td><p>667.84</p></td><td><p>685.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>451.90</p></td><td><p>453.89</p></td><td><p>451.96</p></td><td><p>439.34</p></td><td><p>453.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex Water</p></td><td><p>69.33</p></td><td><p>68.57</p></td><td><p>68.35</p></td><td><p>68.35</p></td><td><p>67.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire Water</p></td><td><p>282.29</p></td><td><p>288.32</p></td><td><p>285.11</p></td><td><p>295.17</p></td><td><p>300.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2916.19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2941.89</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2896.35</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2918.07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2986.47</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Water company leakage records for the last three years are published on the Discover Water website. This will shortly include leakage records for 2018-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 01/08/2019 13:08:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1135100

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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 Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 14 June (HL16066), whether they have any plans to construct a national water grid.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL16727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>Water transfers can play a strong role in securing resilience, alongside other new infrastructure and reducing demand and leakage as part of the ‘twin track approach’.</p><p> </p><p>There is already a large amount of water transferred across the country, giving water companies greater flexibility to meet demand. Water companies are finalising revisions to their statutory water resource management plans. These plans set out how they will meet demand for water over at least the next 25 years and many include further transfer schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat, working with the Environment Agency and Drinking Water Inspectorate, recently established the Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development which will make sure regulation enables strategic schemes to improve resilience of water supplies. Such schemes might include water transfers.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing a National Policy Statement for water resources infrastructure which will streamline the planning process for nationally significant water resource infrastructure including large water transfers. We plan to lay the final version of this document in Parliament in the autumn.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/07/2019 15:31:47 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

1131451

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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 Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to balance the demands for water from a growing population with the amount of water in the environment that can sustainably be withdrawn as a result of the impact of climate change.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL16245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The government is working closely with other water regulators and the water industry to improve the resilience of water supplies. The government recognises continued action is required and it is committed to a ‘twin track approach’, of reducing demand for water and increasing supply in parallel.</p><p> </p><p>Water companies have a statutory duty to provide clean and reliable water to customers under the Water Industry Act 1991. To fulfil this duty there is a statutory requirement to maintain water resources management plans, which balance water supply and demand at least twenty-five years into the future.</p><p> </p><p>The government, the Environment Agency and Ofwat issued guidance to water companies in 2016 on how they should be planning to supply water to a growing population, while protecting and enhancing our environment, including taking appropriate action to respond to climate projections. Water companies are currently revising their plans.</p><p> </p><p>The government is taking steps to improve water resources planning to ensure that there is better collaboration between water companies and other water using sectors on their water supply resilience. This includes the Environment Agency developing a National Framework for water resources, which use evidence to illustrate the regional and national challenge of water availability. The government has also consulted on legislative improvements to ensure that water companies’ plans are informed by effective collaboration.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is also implementing the abstraction plan, published in 2017. This includes work to bring together the Environment Agency, abstractors and catchment groups to develop local solutions to protect and enhance the environment, and improve access to water.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/06/2019 12:25:41 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1129581

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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 Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to whether there will continue to be sufficient supplies of water for all purposes, including domestic purposes, if climate change continues as expected.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL16066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with other water regulators and the water industry to improve the resilience of water supplies. The Government recognises continued action is required and it is committed to a ‘twin track approach’ of reducing demand for water and increasing supply in parallel.</p><p> </p><p>Water companies have a statutory duty to provide clean and reliable water to customers under the Water Industry Act 1991. To fulfil this duty, there is a statutory requirement to maintain water resources management plans, which balance water supply and demand at least twenty-five years into the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Government, Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat issued guidance to water companies in 2016 on how they should be planning to be resilient to foreseeable risks, including taking appropriate action to respond to climate projections. Water companies are currently revising their plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking steps to improve water resources planning to ensure that there is better collaboration between water companies and other water using sectors on their water supply resilience. This includes the EA developing a National Framework for water resources, which will identify high priority water users who are unable to meet their demand or are likely to need to expand and set expectations on collaboration at a regional scale. The Government has also consulted on legislative improvements to ensure that water companies’ plans are informed by effective collaboration.</p><p> </p><p>The EA is also implementing the abstraction plan published in 2017. This includes work to bring together the EA, abstractors and catchment groups to develop local solutions to existing pressures and to prepare for the future.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/06/2019 11:34:16 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

1126255

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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 Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water wholesalers operate in the water market.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	253657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>According to Market Operator Services Limited, the market operator for the water retail market in England:</p><p> </p><p>There are 26 water wholesalers currently in the market.</p><p> </p><p>Water retail suppliers consist of 15 water and sewerage suppliers, 9 water only suppliers and 2 sewerage only suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 253658 question first answered 17/05/2019 12:37:19 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith