Water Companies: Nationalisation

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish in full the (a) modelling and (b) assumptions underpinning her Department's £100?billion estimate of nationalising the water sector.

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1. 10 November 2025

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish in full the (a) modelling and (b) assumptions underpinning her Department's £100?billion estimate of nationalising the water sector.

   Source: Commons

2. 13 November 2025

   Answer

   Defra has estimated the cost of nationalising the water sector to be around £100 billion. We have published in full the assumptions and methodology informing our estimate here: Nationalising the water sector: how we assessed the cost - GOV.UK.

   Source: Written answer

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