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Water Abstraction: Licensing

Asked by Ben GoldsboroughLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 20 November 2024UIN 13930

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Water Abstraction Licenses were not renewed in each of the last 10 financial years.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Financial Year

Number of water abstraction licences that were not renewed because no renewal application was received, the application was withdrawn or rejected as incomplete

Number of water abstraction licences that were not renewed because the application was refused

2016-2017

145

0

2017-2018

191

7

2018-2019

47

1

2019-2020

39

0

2020-2021

40

0

2021-2022

71

1

2022-2023

43

0

2023-2024

102

2

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