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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money from fines and penalties levied on South West Water since April 2022 has been (a) paid to HM Treasury and (b) spent through the Water Restoration Fund on projects in (i) Cornwall and (ii) Devon.

Since April 2022, fines and penalties from Ofwat, the Environment Agency and Drinking Water Inspectorate enforcement action against South West Water total £11.8 million.

Of this, £1.85 million in environmental fines and penalties received between April 2022 and October 2023 were reinvested in projects via the Water Restoration Fund, with details available here: Water company fines fund local restoration projects - GOV.UK.