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1661002

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date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Swimming: Public Service Messages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanism her Department has for provision of public information on bathing water testing at locations across England.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The results of water quality sampling by the Environment Agency at designated bathing waters in England are displayed on the Environment Agency’s Swimfo website: <a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/</a>. Local authorities are required to provide information about each bathing water through signage in the vicinity of the site, including the site’s current bathing water quality classification and any advice against bathing which has been issued there. Signs often include a link to water sampling information on the Swimfo website.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/09/2023 09:36:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1661003

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public body is responsible for informing the public of bathing water test results.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is the public body responsible for informing the public of bathing water test results. The Environment Agency provides this information on the Swimfo website: <a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/09/2023 09:33:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1661005

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds data on the number of occasions when local authorities have not provided information on quality of bathing water at specific sites.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>The Bathing Water Regulations require local authorities to display information about the bathing water quality at designated sites, enabling people to make informed decisions before swimming. Compliance with bathing water signs is improving. Defra’s data for 2022 shows that 88% of all bathing waters in England had signage displaying the required information – this is compared with 59% in 2017. Defra continues to engage directly with local authorities that may not be displaying appropriate signage to ensure they understand their responsibilities under the regulations and to improve compliance.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/09/2023 11:02:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1661006

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water: Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what length of time warnings are required to be displayed at bathing water sites where there has been an indication of high faecal organisms in the water.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>There is no statutory requirement for warnings to be displayed after samples confirm a high level of faecal indicator organisms in the water. However, at bathing waters where there are predictable factors that are shown to influence water quality, the Environment Agency warns bathers of any potential periods of short-term reduced water quality through its Pollution Risk Forecasting system.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/09/2023 11:06:54 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord