PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Swimming Pools: Greater Manchester (11 July 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2023 to Question 191212 on Swimming Pools: Greater Manchester, how much and what proportion of the additional £60 million support package will be allocated to local authority-run swimming pools in Greater Manchester.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Funding allocations for the Swimming Pool Support Fund will be made after a competitive application process, the first phase of which is now open and will close on 11 August. All Local Authorities with swimming pools are encouraged to apply. The second phase - covering capital investment - will follow this.

After the application process closes, grants will be made directly by Sport England to successful local authorities. As the application process is currently ongoing, no decisions on the allocation of funding have yet been made. Further details on the Swimming Pool Support Fund, including information on how to apply, can be found on the Sport England website.

Answered by:
Stuart Andrew (Conservative)
17 July 2023