Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2024 to Question 11912, how many local authority swimming pools have opened in each region in each year since 2015.

245 local authority swimming pools have opened since 2015. The breakdown per region is as follows:

• East Midlands: 27

• Eastern: 21

• London: 36

• North East: 15

• North West: 29

• South East: 44

• South West: 20

• West Midlands: 28

• Yorkshire and the Humber: 25