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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of stock buybacks in the last financial year were made by water companies.

There are three publicly listed water companies operating in England: United Utilities; Pennon Group; and Severn Trent. Listed water companies publish details of their decisions relating to share issuance and repurchasing in their annual reports.

These reports are available online (links below):

United Utilities - United Utilities Group PLC - Year in Review 2022 (annualreport2022.com)

Pennon Group - Pennon Group PLC - Annual Report and Accounts 2022 (pennon-group.co.uk)

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