Ofwat: Standards
(asked on 15th October 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with industry representatives on the potential merits of strengthening Parliamentary oversight of Ofwat and its performance.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with industry representatives on strengthening Parliamentary oversight of Ofwat and its performance.
Ofwat is directly accountable to Parliament for the performance of its functions and duties through the Water Industry Act 1991.
In the National Infrastructure Strategy published in November 2020, the Government committed to produce a cross-sectoral review of economic regulation.