United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 38835
Sewers: Private Sector
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17 March 2025
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24 March 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what penalties exist for owners of private sewage systems which leak into (a) soil and (b) watercourses.
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17 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what penalties exist for owners of private sewage systems which leak into (a) soil and (b) watercourses.
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24 March 2025
Answer
In cases where private sewerage systems cause pollution of either soil or watercourses the operator of that system may be committing an offence under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 and, as such, may be subject to the potential penalties set...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-17/38835
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1785372
- uk · wq-1785372 · source updated 24 March 2025