{"value":{"id":1506325,"askingMemberId":4787,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-09-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-09-22T00:00:00","uin":"49794","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to implement Recommendation 1 of Ofwat’s 2018 Call for evidence consultation – Guaranteed Standards Scheme.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4593,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-09-22T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>14 of the 17 water companies operating in England and Wales have fully implemented Ofwat’s recommendation to increase compensation payments for supply interruptions. One further company has partially implemented the recommendation.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat’s Guaranteed Standards Scheme: Recommended changes to the UK Government report, 2018, is the latest assessment of compensation levels. It is the first assessment since 2001.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Water Supply: Standards","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1506325","method":"GET"}]}