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.

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