questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the fines levied against water companies since October 2023 a) has been b) is going to be reinvested into river restoration projects; and if she will put mechanisms in place to publicly track i) where and ii) how much fine monies are spent on river restoration.
answerText: On 20 January 2026, Government announced alongside the White Paper that the next tranche of £29 million in water company fines will support further local water improvement projects through catchment partnerships, the Water Environment Improvement Fund (WE...
heading: Water Restoration Fund: Rivers