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Water Companies: Standards

Asked by Barry GardinerLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 19 May 2026UIN 1101

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on operator self-monitoring.

Answered by Emma Hardy

We are putting an end to Operator Self-Monitoring and ensuring the public have confidence in the data that is produced from water company assets.

We will implement an Open Monitoring approach so everyone can see what is happening, with clear, accessible data that allows regulators and the public to hold water companies properly to account.

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