Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 25
13th Report - Regulation of water, energy and broadband
Published 11 Sep 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
Written evidence to the committee from Money Wellness highlights that when people are starting to struggle financially, early identification of problems and intervention, including making people aware of support available to them, can be key to preventing debts occurring or accumulating and becoming unmanageable.72 CCW told us that customers in financially vulnerable circumstances are not getting the help they need early enough in the process, and are not always proactively offered the help they need or are even aware that it exists.73
From: Public Accounts Committee, 13th Report - Regulation of water, energy and broadband (HC 105), 11 September 2026
Government response
Government response awaited: deadline 11 November 2026.