Found: unlock the economic potential of hard- to-tackle buildings, facilities and amusements such as piers, lidos

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 3 July 2023 to Question 191585 on Swimming Pools: Local Government, which councils operate lidos.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government does not directly hold data on individual lidos and Sport England data cannot be used to estimate the number of temporarily closed facilities at a point in the past.

The numbers of lidos in operation in England on local authority owned sites from 2010-2019 are as follows:

• 2010 – 89

• 2011 – 89

• 2012 – 84

• 2013 – 84

• 2014 – 85

• 2015 – 85

• 2016 – 84

• 2017 – 84

• 2018 – 82

• 2019 – 82

As of July 2023, there are 81 lido pools across 63 local authority owned sites in England. The total number of facilities by local authority area is as follows:

• Barnet - 1

• Bedford - 1

• Bradford - 1

• Brighton and Hove - 1

• Buckinghamshire - 3

• Cambridge - 3

• Camden - 5

• Central Bedfordshire - 1

• Cheltenham - 2

• Cherwell - 1

• Cheshire East - 1

• Colchester - 1

• Cornwall - 3

• Dacorum - 1

• Derbyshire Dales - 1

• Dorset - 1

• East Hertfordshire - 2

• East Lindsey - 1

• Eden - 1

• Guildford - 1

• Hackney - 1

• Haringey - 2

• Hillingdon - 2

• Horsham - 1

• Lambeth - 1

• Medway - 1

• Mendip - 2

• Mid Sussex - 1

• New Forest - 1

• North Hertfordshire - 4

• North Kesteven - 1

• North West Leicestershire - 2

• Nuneaton and Bedworth - 1

• Oxford - 1

• Peterborough - 4

• Plymouth - 3

• Richmond upon Thames - 1

• Rushmoor - 1

• South Oxfordshire - 1

• South Somerset - 1

• St Albans - 1

• Stroud - 2

• Teignbridge - 1

• Tonbridge and Malling - 1

• Torbay - 1

• Vale of White Horse - 1

• Wandsworth - 2

• West Berkshire - 2

• West Oxfordshire - 2

• Wiltshire - 1

• Wokingham - 1

• Worthing - 1

• Wychavon - 1

Of these, 10 lidos are temporarily closed (Bedford (1), Cornwall (2), Hillingdon (1), New Forest (1), North Hertfordshire (1), Peterborough (3), Worthing (1)).

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many council-run lidos were in operation in England in each year between 2010 and 2019.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government does not directly hold data on individual lidos and Sport England data cannot be used to estimate the number of temporarily closed facilities at a point in the past.

The numbers of lidos in operation in England on local authority owned sites from 2010-2019 are as follows:

• 2010 – 89

• 2011 – 89

• 2012 – 84

• 2013 – 84

• 2014 – 85

• 2015 – 85

• 2016 – 84

• 2017 – 84

• 2018 – 82

• 2019 – 82

As of July 2023, there are 81 lido pools across 63 local authority owned sites in England. The total number of facilities by local authority area is as follows:

• Barnet - 1

• Bedford - 1

• Bradford - 1

• Brighton and Hove - 1

• Buckinghamshire - 3

• Cambridge - 3

• Camden - 5

• Central Bedfordshire - 1

• Cheltenham - 2

• Cherwell - 1

• Cheshire East - 1

• Colchester - 1

• Cornwall - 3

• Dacorum - 1

• Derbyshire Dales - 1

• Dorset - 1

• East Hertfordshire - 2

• East Lindsey - 1

• Eden - 1

• Guildford - 1

• Hackney - 1

• Haringey - 2

• Hillingdon - 2

• Horsham - 1

• Lambeth - 1

• Medway - 1

• Mendip - 2

• Mid Sussex - 1

• New Forest - 1

• North Hertfordshire - 4

• North Kesteven - 1

• North West Leicestershire - 2

• Nuneaton and Bedworth - 1

• Oxford - 1

• Peterborough - 4

• Plymouth - 3

• Richmond upon Thames - 1

• Rushmoor - 1

• South Oxfordshire - 1

• South Somerset - 1

• St Albans - 1

• Stroud - 2

• Teignbridge - 1

• Tonbridge and Malling - 1

• Torbay - 1

• Vale of White Horse - 1

• Wandsworth - 2

• West Berkshire - 2

• West Oxfordshire - 2

• Wiltshire - 1

• Wokingham - 1

• Worthing - 1

• Wychavon - 1

Of these, 10 lidos are temporarily closed (Bedford (1), Cornwall (2), Hillingdon (1), New Forest (1), North Hertfordshire (1), Peterborough (3), Worthing (1)).

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 3 July 2023 to question 191585 on Swimming Pools: Local Government, how many council-run lidos have been temporarily closed in each year since 2019.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government does not directly hold data on individual lidos and Sport England data cannot be used to estimate the number of temporarily closed facilities at a point in the past.

The numbers of lidos in operation in England on local authority owned sites from 2010-2019 are as follows:

• 2010 – 89

• 2011 – 89

• 2012 – 84

• 2013 – 84

• 2014 – 85

• 2015 – 85

• 2016 – 84

• 2017 – 84

• 2018 – 82

• 2019 – 82

As of July 2023, there are 81 lido pools across 63 local authority owned sites in England. The total number of facilities by local authority area is as follows:

• Barnet - 1

• Bedford - 1

• Bradford - 1

• Brighton and Hove - 1

• Buckinghamshire - 3

• Cambridge - 3

• Camden - 5

• Central Bedfordshire - 1

• Cheltenham - 2

• Cherwell - 1

• Cheshire East - 1

• Colchester - 1

• Cornwall - 3

• Dacorum - 1

• Derbyshire Dales - 1

• Dorset - 1

• East Hertfordshire - 2

• East Lindsey - 1

• Eden - 1

• Guildford - 1

• Hackney - 1

• Haringey - 2

• Hillingdon - 2

• Horsham - 1

• Lambeth - 1

• Medway - 1

• Mendip - 2

• Mid Sussex - 1

• New Forest - 1

• North Hertfordshire - 4

• North Kesteven - 1

• North West Leicestershire - 2

• Nuneaton and Bedworth - 1

• Oxford - 1

• Peterborough - 4

• Plymouth - 3

• Richmond upon Thames - 1

• Rushmoor - 1

• South Oxfordshire - 1

• South Somerset - 1

• St Albans - 1

• Stroud - 2

• Teignbridge - 1

• Tonbridge and Malling - 1

• Torbay - 1

• Vale of White Horse - 1

• Wandsworth - 2

• West Berkshire - 2

• West Oxfordshire - 2

• Wiltshire - 1

• Wokingham - 1

• Worthing - 1

• Wychavon - 1

Of these, 10 lidos are temporarily closed (Bedford (1), Cornwall (2), Hillingdon (1), New Forest (1), North Hertfordshire (1), Peterborough (3), Worthing (1)).

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many council run lidos were in operation in England in each year since 2019.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government is clear on the importance of ensuring public access to swimming pools, as swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy. The responsibility of providing this access lies at Local Authority level, and the Government continues to encourage Local Authorities to support swimming facilities. We have also confirmed an additional £60 million support package for swimming pools, which is targeted at addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and helping make facilities sustainable in the long-term.

The number of operational lidos (which includes temporary closures, of which there are currently 10) on local authority owned sites from 2019-2023 is as follows:

2019 – 82

2020 – 81

2021 – 81

2022 – 80

2023 – 81

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