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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has her Department made of long-term water supply resilience in a.) Stevenage and b.) the East of England.

Water companies published their statutory Water Resources Management Plans between late 2024 and early 2025. These plans assess future water supply and demand over a 25-year period. Defra, the Environment Agency and Ofwat reviewed the plans for Stevenage (served by Affinity Water) and the East of England (served by Anglian Water, Cambridge Water, and Essex & Suffolk Water). Water companies are also required to provide annual updates, setting out any significant changes to forecasts, assumptions, or proposed actions since publication of their plans.