Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many users would have been required for (a) Monk Coniston, Coniston Water, (b) Coniston Boating Centre, Coniston Water, (c) Coniston North-Western Shore, Coniston Water, (d) Coniston Southern Tip, Coniston Water and (e) an area of the River Kent at Staveley Village to meet her Department's threshold for consideration for Bathing Water Status.

The Bathing Water Regulations 2013 require the Secretary of State to identify and maintain a list of the surface waters in England where it is expected that a large number of people would bathe. All applications for bathing water designation are assessed against this criterion and others set out in the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 and in the guidance available at Bathing waters: apply for designation or de-designation - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Only sites where the application provides evidence of a large number of people bathing have been taken forward for consideration for bathing water status.