Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meetings have taken place between private water companies and (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department in the last six months.

Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. These can be found at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012#2016

Details of meetings with officials is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.