questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the (a) discount levels and (b) eligibility criteria that water companies must apply to social tariff schemes.
answerText: All water companies currently have social tariffs in place to support customers who struggle to pay their bill. Existing schemes provided more than £206 million of support to 1,363,839 vulnerable customers across England and Wales in 2022-23. This ensured...
heading: Water Charges: Social Tariffs