Question follow-through · 10211

Tourism: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential economic impact of sewage discharges into the sea on businesses in constituencies who rely on the tourism industry.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
29 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential economic impact of sewage discharges into the sea on businesses in constituencies who rely on the tourism industry.

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    We have no plans to commission expensive impact surveys, given it is well established that sewage discharges into the sea at tourist sites are extremely likely to hit tourism. Instead, the Government is focused on protecting and enhancing the environment....

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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