Question follow-through · 29214
Leisure Centres: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of the sale of local authority leisure facilities on public access to sports and recreation services.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of the sale of local authority leisure facilities on public access to sports and recreation services.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises that leisure facilities are important to communities up and down the country. High quality, inclusive facilities help people get active. Everyone, no matter who they are or where they live, should have access to high quality faci...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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