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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) developing and (b) using regenerable per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances as absorbing materials to help reduce the levels of carcinogenic and other toxic substances in drinking water.

The drinking water supply in England is of exceptionally high quality. Nevertheless, the Drinking Water Inspectorate has led the way through water safety planning to drive risk based research should there be the potential to change our world leading position. The removal of PFAS by barrier and adsorption methodologies is an ongoing DWI funded project due to report in the summer of 2024.