Question follow-through · 13922
Swimming Pools: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public pools closed in each of the last ten years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public pools closed in each of the last ten years.
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2024
Answer published
Since 2015, 279 swimming pools on sites owned by Local Authorities have closed. At the same time, 248 swimming pools have opened. Facilities may close for a number of reasons: this can include the rationalisation of multiple older facilities into a modern...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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