Water Companies: Fines
(asked on 5th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to remarks by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 29 January (HL Deb col 251), what is the breakdown of the £150 million in fines issued to water companies since 2015.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency prosecutes Water and Sewerage Companies (and the courts hand down fines) for environmental offences under the Environmental Permitting Regulations and other offences including polluting discharges to water and land, breaches of environmental permit conditions and obstruction of investigations.
Below is a breakdown of the 150 million in fines issued to water companies since 2015, as mentioned in Baroness Hayman of Ullock’s remarks on 29 January.
Water and Sewerage Company | Sum of Total Fine (£) |
Anglian Water | £5,475,000.00 |
Northumbrian Water | £807,000.00 |
Severn Trent Water | £4,056,000.00 |
South West Water | £3,406,834.00 |
Southern Water | £92,024,000.00 |
Thames Water | £37,721,000.00 |
United Utilities Water | £2,816,000.00 |
Yorkshire Water | £4,678,750.00 |
Grand Total | £150,984,584.00 |