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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of Ofwat have previous experience in the sector that they regulate.

Ofwat board members bring a range of relevant skills and experience, however no current board members have direct experience of working in a regulated water company.

For employees of Ofwat, we do not hold this information. Ofwat recruits people on the basis of their skills and experience which can help us to hold companies to account. Once employed by Ofwat, they are subject to civil service rules on independence, propriety and probity as part of the Ofwat Code of Conduct applicable to all employees.