Written question asked by Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 July 2026. It was answered by Emma Hardy (Labour) on Thursday, 9 July 2026 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Ofwat: Equality

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 9341, on Ofwat: Equality, if she will provide a breakdown of the £4,200 expenditure of external EDI expenditure in 2025-26, including suppliers, amount and purpose.

Answer

Below is the information sent to the Cabinet Office on EDI expenditure for 2025/26. This was sent to the Cabinet Office on 9 April.

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Notification of External EDI Expenditure
Department	Ofwat
Departmental Business Unit	Ofwat
Amount of expenditure	£4,200
Date expenditure approved	2025-26
Reason for expenditure	Subscriptions & Events
Period of expenditure	2025-26
Product or service purchased	Subscriptions & Events
External provider details: Company Company address	Employers for Carers membership Carers UK, 20 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4LX Black History Month event Champions UK Plc, Barrington House, Leake Rd, Costock, Loughborough, LE12 6XA Cultural Calendar Club (a range of short virtual EDI events) Powered by Diversity, 110 Wigmore St, London, W1U 3RW
Minister (or Permanent Secretary if the decision has been delegated) authorising the expenditure	N/A
Senior departmental contact	Mike Flynn, Director of People

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 15238
Session: 2026-27
Related items: Ofwat: Equality
Monday, 22 June 2026
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Equality Expenditure Ofwat
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk