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1701491

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	British Youth Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with British Youth Council on its closure.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	22092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>I was sorry to learn about the closure of the British Youth Council and want to express gratitude for its work over the years.</p><p>Government is committed to the delivery of the UK Youth Parliament and intends to use funding allocated to BYC in 2024/25 to support the programme. We are working alongside previous UKYP delivery partners from English regions and the devolved administrations, to understand the implications of BYCs closure for programme delivery. We have been working at pace to identify a suitable organisation which can hold overall grant management responsibility for the UKYP 24/25. I will update the house as soon as next steps have been formalised. In parallel, we have been engaging with young people and key stakeholders to plan for the longer-term future of the UKYP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/04/2024 15:49:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1661415

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
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, whether she has had recent discussions with local authorities on the (a) affordability and (b) condition of swimming pools in England.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	200132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>Responsibility for public access to and maintenance of swimming pools lies at local authority level.</p><p>In recognition of the benefits of physical activity, including swimming, and the challenges facing the sector, we are providing over £60 million of support for swimming pools. This will help ease cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and help make facilities sustainable in the long-term through investment in energy efficiency measures. The funding is being delivered in partnership with Sport England and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, following extensive consultation with local authorities and the sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/10/2023 10:23:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1602365

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
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, if she will take steps to undertaken an audit of the condition of pool facilities in England.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	161358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>We recognise 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.</p><p>We appreciate the impact rising energy prices are having on organisations of all sizes, including on operators of swimming pools. At the Budget, we announced a dedicated £63 million support package for swimming pools. This is targeted at both addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and providing investment in energy efficiency measures to reduce future operating costs and make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>This follows the £18 billion Energy Bill Relief Scheme provided since September last year. This scheme has now been superseded with the Energy Bills Discount Scheme under which swimming pools will continue to receive discounts on their gas and electricity bills until March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 17/03/2023 11:44:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1602463

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
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 and Swimming Pools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on funding for swimming pools and leisure centres.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	161359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>We recognise 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.</p><p>We appreciate the impact rising energy prices are having on organisations of all sizes, including on operators of swimming pools. At the Budget, we announced a dedicated £63 million support package for swimming pools. This is targeted at both addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and providing investment in energy efficiency measures to reduce future operating costs and make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>This follows the £18 billion Energy Bill Relief Scheme provided since September last year. This scheme has now been superseded with the Energy Bills Discount Scheme under which swimming pools will continue to receive discounts on their gas and electricity bills until March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 161360 question first answered 17/03/2023 11:45:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1602464

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
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, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the impact of (a) funding and (b) rises in costs on trends in the levels of closure of local swimming pools.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	161360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>We recognise 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.</p><p>We appreciate the impact rising energy prices are having on organisations of all sizes, including on operators of swimming pools. At the Budget, we announced a dedicated £63 million support package for swimming pools. This is targeted at both addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and providing investment in energy efficiency measures to reduce future operating costs and make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>This follows the £18 billion Energy Bill Relief Scheme provided since September last year. This scheme has now been superseded with the Energy Bills Discount Scheme under which swimming pools will continue to receive discounts on their gas and electricity bills until March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 161359 question first answered 17/03/2023 11:45:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1582264

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Leisure and Swimming Pools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2022 to Question 132433 on Leisure and Swimming Pools, what steps the Government is taking as a result of the roundtable discussion on Tuesday 24 January to discuss the issues affecting the leisure and physical activity sector.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	136644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>We recognise 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.</p><p>Last month I chaired a roundtable discussion with representatives from the public and private leisure sector including organisations such as Ukactive, Sport England, Swim England and the Local Government Association (LGA).</p><p>During this session, we discussed the current challenges facing the sector and how we could work together and across government in order to resolve them. Officials remain in contact with representatives from across the sector and are working collaboratively on potential avenues for further support.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/02/2023 16:59:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580643

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) public and (b) private leisure centre and swimming pool operators on the support required by that sector.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>I hosted a roundtable on Tuesday 24 January to hear directly from leisure and swimming pool operators in the public and private sector on how the challenges they face. This was attended by a range of organisations, National Governing Bodies and local authority representations. I have regularly met with the National Sector Partner Group, and their membership organisations, to discuss issues affecting the leisure and physical activity sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 132433 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:30:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580649

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the membership of her Department's working group for key partners in the leisure centre and swimming pools industry.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>I hosted a roundtable on Tuesday 24 January to hear directly from leisure and swimming pool operators in the public and private sector on how the challenges they face. This was attended by a range of organisations, National Governing Bodies and local authority representations. I have regularly met with the National Sector Partner Group, and their membership organisations, to discuss issues affecting the leisure and physical activity sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 132429 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:30:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1544867

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Swimming Pools: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of public swimming pools on the cost of running swimming pools in the context of the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	94827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to indoor and outdoor pools and that 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.</p><p>We appreciate the impact rising energy prices will have on organisations of all sizes, including on leisure operators. In September the government announced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, under which businesses and other non-domestic energy users (including swimming pools) will be offered support. The EBRS is currently under review to ensure support is targeted to the most vulnerable sectors.</p><p>Officials in my department are in regular contact with representatives from the sector to assess the impact of rising energy costs, and how operators such as Greenwich Leisure and local authorities are responding to them.</p><p>Sport England has invested £12,775,274 in swimming and diving projects since April 2019, which includes £9,360,002 to Swim England. This is in addition to the £100 million National Leisure Recovery Fund, which supported the reopening of local authority swimming pools throughout the country after the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 94828 question first answered 01/12/2022 15:53:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1544872

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Swimming Pools: Greenwich
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the announcement by Greenwich Leisure on 22 November 2022 that they will be reducing opening hours at swimming pools due to heating costs.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	94828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to indoor and outdoor pools and that 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.</p><p>We appreciate the impact rising energy prices will have on organisations of all sizes, including on leisure operators. In September the government announced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, under which businesses and other non-domestic energy users (including swimming pools) will be offered support. The EBRS is currently under review to ensure support is targeted to the most vulnerable sectors.</p><p>Officials in my department are in regular contact with representatives from the sector to assess the impact of rising energy costs, and how operators such as Greenwich Leisure and local authorities are responding to them.</p><p>Sport England has invested £12,775,274 in swimming and diving projects since April 2019, which includes £9,360,002 to Swim England. This is in addition to the £100 million National Leisure Recovery Fund, which supported the reopening of local authority swimming pools throughout the country after the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 94827 question first answered 01/12/2022 15:53:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West