Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
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
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
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)).
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
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)).
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
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)).
Mentions:
1: Stuart Andrew (CON - Pudsey) Friend is absolutely right to highlight the importance of swimming pools and lidos. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Growing up in Ballywalter in the ’60s—also the age I am right now—there were no swimming pools, and we - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (CON - Pudsey) We will provide an update in 12 months and keep the option of legislating open. - Speech Link
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
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
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) part of the coastal communities fund was there to renovate heritage buildings, particularly piers and lidos - Speech Link
2: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) He was told that they did not allow cold callers, and that was how they categorised Labour activists. - Speech Link
3: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) The Leader of the House may be aware of the open letter signed by actors, musicians and campaigners, - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I am always open to example of good and bad practice being passed to my office, and I will certainly - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) It is one of only 17 listed lidos in the country and the only listed lido in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk - Speech Link
2: Dan Poulter (CON - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) The opportunity to air these issues in this place is long overdue. - Speech Link
3: Dehenna Davison (CON - Bishop Auckland) That is why we announced £60 million of new funding for public swimming pools in England in the spring - Speech Link
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