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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of beach closures in England and Wales as a result of sewage pollution incidents in each year since 2010.

Neither my Department nor the Environment Agency holds information on the number of beach closures due to sewage pollution in England.

Local authorities have powers to restrict use and close beaches and are responsible for local beach management, including closures, in their respective areas.

This policy area is devolved to the Welsh Government.