Question follow-through · 57868

Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered making (a) swimming pool provision and (b) other leisure provision a statutory duty for local authorities.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled: 5 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jun 2025
Answer: 13 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered making (a) swimming pool provision and (b) other leisure provision a statutory duty for local authorities.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises that sports clubs and facilities are important to communities up and down the country. High-quality, inclusive facilities help people of all ages get active and provide vital facilities for children to learn to swim and about wat...

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