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HL HL9743
Water Companies
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of gearing in water and sewerage companies; how they calculate gearing for the purpose of any official or internal statistics on the insolvency risk of water and sewerage companie
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22 July 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of gearing in water and sewerage companies; how they calculate gearing for the purpose of any official or internal statistics on the insolvency risk of water and sewerage companie
Source: Lords
30 July 2025
Answer
The gearing of water companies is reported by Ofwat in its annual Monitoring Financial Resilience Report. Ofwat requires companies to report gearing as net debt divided by Regulatory Capital Value. Water companies are allowed to raise debt to fund the del...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-22/HL9743
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1826400
- uk · wq-1826400 · source updated 30 July 2025