United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL3909
Water Companies: Debts
Introduced
17 April 2024
Last action
26 April 2024 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
26 April 2024
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government why OFWAT calculate gearing levels of water companies by using a debt-to-assets ratio as opposed to a debt-to-equity ratio.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
17 April 2024
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government why OFWAT calculate gearing levels of water companies by using a debt-to-assets ratio as opposed to a debt-to-equity ratio.
Source: Lords
26 April 2024
Answer
It is standard practice for regulated sectors to calculate gearing by reference to Regulator Capital Value (RCV). This is because there exists an RCV which represents costs incurred to date which can be recovered from customers in the future. This approac...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-17/HL3909
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1701994
- uk · wq-1701994 · source updated 26 April 2024