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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of mandatory water labelling on taps and non-electric showers on persuading consumers to be mindful of their water consumption.

Defra, Waterwise and the water companies commissioned The Energy Saving Trust to conduct a review on water labelling comparing the impacts on taps and showers only Water Labelling: Taps and Showers Only Comparison – EST (2020) – Waterwise. This builds on a previous Independent review of the costs and benefits of water labelling options in the UK Microsoft Word - 190626_WESTrategy001-EXT_SummaryReport_2.3 (waterwise.org.uk).