Question follow-through · 72609
Swimming Pools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered the potential merits of targeting the £400 million grassroots sports fund on swimming pools.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Culture, media and sport
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- Swimming: Children · 11 Nov 2025
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered the potential merits of targeting the £400 million grassroots sports fund on swimming pools.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities, including swimming pools, which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the count...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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