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Water Treatment: Inspections

Asked by Ian ByrneLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 23 March 2026UIN 121499

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inspections of wastewater treatment works and storm overflows were conducted by the Environment Agency in each of the last five years.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Environment Agency has provided the following figures for inspections of wastewater treatment works and storm overflows in each of the last five financial years.

Financial Year

Totals

2021-22

639

2022-23

878

2023-24

1442

2024-25

4672

2025-26

10150

* 2025/26 data is year to date (as of 18 March). March 2026 data is also still to be completed.

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