Swimming Pools
(asked on 22nd April 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many publicly accessible (a) swimming pools and (b) lidos have been opened in each year since 2010.
Answered by
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
A total of 537 pools and lidos have opened since 2010. This figure does not include education ownership facilities such as school swimming pools. The breakdown of openings since 2010 is as follows:
2010 - 4 lidos and 70 pools
2011 - 4 lidos and 46 pools
2012 - 4 lidos and 47 pools
2013 - 3 lidos and 32 pools
2014 - 1 lidos and 26 pools
2015 - 3 lidos and 61 pools
2016 - 3 lidos and 47 pools
2017 - 0 lidos and 22 pools
2018 - 2 lidos and 32 pools
2019 - 3 lidos and 29 pools
2020 - 0 lidos and 20 pools
2021 - 0 lidos and 27 pools
2022 - 2 lidos and 37 pools
2023 - 3 lidos and 9 pools