Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the projected increase in the average United Utilities household bill between 2024-25 and 2029-30 attributable to (a) enhancement investment, (b) base maintenance expenditure, (c) financing costs, (d) returns to equity investors and (e) other factors.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Ofwat is the independent regulator of the water industry. Through the Price Review, Ofwat agrees allowed company spending on investment, maintenance, and returns. It then also set the revenues companies can reclaim from customers over the five year period. The current allocations for each company remain on the Ofwat website.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether costs incurred by United Utilities as a consequence of (a) environmental fines, (b) enforcement action and (c) remediation following breaches of environmental permits may be recovered (i) directly and (ii) indirectly through customer bills; and whether safeguards prevent customers paying those costs.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Customers will not have to bear the costs of more penalties for Water companies. Any costs must be the responsibility of the shareholders.

The economic regulator can take enforcement action if companies do not comply with this.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department has modelled the potential impact on (a) customer bills and (b) infrastructure investment of retaining within the North West water system sums currently used by United Utilities for shareholder distributions.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

I refer the Hon Member to PQ 32257 that was published on 19^th October in response to Tom Hayes MP.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his department has made an assessment of the treatment of existing water company debt under a model in which a water and sewerage undertaking is transferred into public ownership.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 14 October 2026 to PQ UIN 33485.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential costs and benefits of United Utilities Water Limited being operated under (a) public ownership, (b) not-for-profit ownership and (c) its existing ownership model; and if she will publish any such assessment.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 14 October 2026 to PQ UIN 33485.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department has undertaken an assessment of the fiscal implications of bringing a regional water and sewerage company into public ownership; and what methodology HM Treasury would use to assess the acquisition value of such a company.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 14 October 2026 to PQ UIN 33485.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered the feasibility of establishing a publicly owned regional water corporation to provide water and sewerage services in North West England.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 14 October 2026 to PQ UIN 33485.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will commission an independent review of NHS continuing healthcare.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Independent Commission on Adult Social Care will explore and consider all options for care and support for adults across the social care system to make recommendations on fixing the system for all those who need it. The commission is considering the interface between health and care as part of this work.

The commission will report its findings by Summer 2027. In the meantime, the Department will continue to work productively with its partners, including NHS England, integrated care boards and local authorities, to support the delivery of national National Health Service continuing healthcare policy.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the proposed National Care Service will ensure that dementia carers receive consistent support across England.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

We will publish the first ever Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia at the end of this calendar year, to set a clear direction and a long-term blueprint to improve outcomes for people living with dementia and frailty. We are considering options to help reduce waiting times and improve dementia diagnosis and care.

NHS England collects and publishes data about people with dementia at each general practice in England, to enable National Health Service general practitioners and commissioners to make informed choices about how to plan their dementia services around patients’ needs.

We must ensure unpaid carers receive the right support at the right time. This is why the Government is acting now, and the cross-Government Unpaid carers action plan, published on 14 July, sets out how. The plan is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unpaid-carers-action-plan-recognise-refer-reach

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia will provide for the regular publication of data on (a) dementia diagnosis and waiting times, (b) access to post-diagnostic support, (c) workforce capacity, (d) continuity and co-ordination of care and (e) outcomes for people living with dementia and unpaid carers by Integrated Care Board area; and whether she plans to publish an annual assessment of progress against the standards and outcome measures contained in that framework.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

We will publish the first ever Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia at the end of this calendar year, to set a clear direction and a long-term blueprint to improve outcomes for people living with dementia and frailty. We are considering options to help reduce waiting times and improve dementia diagnosis and care.

NHS England collects and publishes data about people with dementia at each general practice in England, to enable National Health Service general practitioners and commissioners to make informed choices about how to plan their dementia services around patients’ needs.

We must ensure unpaid carers receive the right support at the right time. This is why the Government is acting now, and the cross-Government Unpaid carers action plan, published on 14 July, sets out how. The plan is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unpaid-carers-action-plan-recognise-refer-reach

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government's National Care Plan will ensure that people with complex dementia do not fall between NHS continuing healthcare and the social care system.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

We will publish the first ever Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia at the end of this calendar year, to set a clear direction and a long-term blueprint to improve outcomes for people living with dementia and frailty. We are considering options to help reduce waiting times and improve dementia diagnosis and care.

NHS England collects and publishes data about people with dementia at each general practice in England, to enable National Health Service general practitioners and commissioners to make informed choices about how to plan their dementia services around patients’ needs.

We must ensure unpaid carers receive the right support at the right time. This is why the Government is acting now, and the cross-Government Unpaid carers action plan, published on 14 July, sets out how. The plan is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unpaid-carers-action-plan-recognise-refer-reach

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the proposed National Care Service will prioritise dementia care and whether this will include a dementia care pathway.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

We will publish the first ever Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia at the end of this calendar year, to set a clear direction and a long-term blueprint to improve outcomes for people living with dementia and frailty. We are considering options to help reduce waiting times and improve dementia diagnosis and care.

NHS England collects and publishes data about people with dementia at each general practice in England, to enable National Health Service general practitioners and commissioners to make informed choices about how to plan their dementia services around patients’ needs.

We must ensure unpaid carers receive the right support at the right time. This is why the Government is acting now, and the cross-Government Unpaid carers action plan, published on 14 July, sets out how. The plan is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unpaid-carers-action-plan-recognise-refer-reach

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the number of category 1 to 3 pollution incidents alongside the value of dividends distributed by United Utilities for each year since 2015.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Environment Agency have recorded 2,922 category 1-3 pollution incidents for United Utilities since 2015.

The value of dividends distributed by United Utilities is publicly available and can be found on their website: Dividends | United Utilities - Corporate

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the financial cost to United Utilities since 2015 arising from (a) court fines, (b) enforcement undertakings, (c) Ofwat penalties and underperformance payments and (d) other regulatory enforcement relating to pollution and sewage discharges.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Information on enforcement action and financial penalties is published by the Environment Agency and Ofwat. Ofwat also publishes information on United Utilities’ performance payments and penalties through its Water Company Performance reporting.

Publication of the final report of the Right to Food UK Commission

Service charge transparency and protection of essential services for leaseholders

Imprisonment of journalists

Gaza flooding response

Withdrawal from Investor-State Dispute Settlement Treaties

Redundancies at news publisher Reach plc

Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales

Congratulations to Fleetwood Town Football Club for beating Arsenal in the League Cup

Industrial action at The Lancet

Human rights in Bahrain

Celebrating 62 Years of Dedicated Service by Father Patrick Gerald Fitzpatrick

Impact of Israel’s ingress into Palestinian territory on maternal care

Cleaners on Merseyrail

Cleaning and catering workers on Transpennine Express

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