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Leisure: Facilities

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 5 December 2024UIN 16298

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authority owned leisure facilities have been sold in each of the last five years.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock

Since 2019, 89 Health and Fitness facilities owned by Local Authorities have closed. Over the same period, 83 Health and Fitness facilities have opened.

The breakdown for closures per year is as follows:

2019: 23

2020: 16

2021: 15

2022: 16

2023: 11

2024: 2 (as of end of August 2024)

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