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1687554

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Swimming Pools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2024 to Question 11912, how many local authority swimming pools have opened in each region in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	13153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>245 local authority swimming pools have opened since 2015. The breakdown per region is as follows:</p><ul><li><p>East Midlands: 27</p></li><li><p>Eastern: 21</p></li><li><p>London: 36</p></li><li><p>North East: 15</p></li><li><p>North West: 29</p></li><li><p>South East: 44</p></li><li><p>South West: 20</p></li><li><p>West Midlands: 28</p></li><li><p>Yorkshire and the Humber: 25</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/02/2024 09:32:38 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1685665

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Centres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many youth centres have closed in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	11911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>DCMS does not hold the data requested. Local Authorities have a statutory duty to ‘secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people’. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, which is almost £60 billion this year (FY 23/24). DCMS has worked with the youth sector and local authorities to update the statutory guidance that underpins the duty to support local authorities in delivering it.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/02/2024 14:07:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1685666

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Swimming Pools: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authority swimming pools have closed in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	11912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>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 in 2023/24, which is targeted at addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and helping make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>276 local authority swimming pools have closed since 2015. The breakdown per year is as follows:</p><ul><li><p>2015: 40</p></li><li><p>2016: 36</p></li><li><p>2017: 31</p></li><li><p>2018: 23</p></li><li><p>2019: 31</p></li><li><p>2020: 38</p></li><li><p>2021: 26</p></li><li><p>2022: 28</p></li><li><p>2023: 23</p></li></ul><p>These numbers should be considered in the context of facility provision within the local area. Facilities may close for a number of reasons: this can include the rationalisation of multiple older facilities into a modern, better located facility. In the same period from 2015-2023, 245 local authority swimming pools opened.</p><p>Data is stored by facility type (e.g. pool, health and fitness gym, or sports hall) rather than “leisure centre.” From 2015, approximately 261 local authority owned sites which had one or more pools, main halls, or health and fitness gyms, closed either fully or partially (where a facility within the site, including a pool or gym, may have closed). By region the figures are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>East Midlands: 26</p></li><li><p>Eastern: 21</p></li><li><p>London: 26</p></li><li><p>North East: 29</p></li><li><p>North West:41</p></li><li><p>South East: 43</p></li><li><p>South West: 21</p></li><li><p>West Midlands: 29</p></li><li><p>Yorkshire and the Humber: 25</p></li></ul><p>At the same time, new facilities were constructed at 242 comparable sites.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 11913 question first answered 01/02/2024 14:12:11 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1685667

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Leisure Centres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authority leisure centres have closed by region in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	11913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>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 in 2023/24, which is targeted at addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and helping make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>276 local authority swimming pools have closed since 2015. The breakdown per year is as follows:</p><ul><li><p>2015: 40</p></li><li><p>2016: 36</p></li><li><p>2017: 31</p></li><li><p>2018: 23</p></li><li><p>2019: 31</p></li><li><p>2020: 38</p></li><li><p>2021: 26</p></li><li><p>2022: 28</p></li><li><p>2023: 23</p></li></ul><p>These numbers should be considered in the context of facility provision within the local area. Facilities may close for a number of reasons: this can include the rationalisation of multiple older facilities into a modern, better located facility. In the same period from 2015-2023, 245 local authority swimming pools opened.</p><p>Data is stored by facility type (e.g. pool, health and fitness gym, or sports hall) rather than “leisure centre.” From 2015, approximately 261 local authority owned sites which had one or more pools, main halls, or health and fitness gyms, closed either fully or partially (where a facility within the site, including a pool or gym, may have closed). By region the figures are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>East Midlands: 26</p></li><li><p>Eastern: 21</p></li><li><p>London: 26</p></li><li><p>North East: 29</p></li><li><p>North West:41</p></li><li><p>South East: 43</p></li><li><p>South West: 21</p></li><li><p>West Midlands: 29</p></li><li><p>Yorkshire and the Humber: 25</p></li></ul><p>At the same time, new facilities were constructed at 242 comparable sites.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 11912 question first answered 01/02/2024 14:12:11 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan