PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(24 June 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bathing waters were classified as poor in each of the last ten years, and what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact on domestic tourism trends.

Asked by:
Chris Webb (Labour)

The following table shows the number of bathing waters classified as poor over the previous 10 years.

Year	Number of bathing waters classified as poor and notes.
2015	12
2016	6
2017	7
2018	9
2019	7
2020	Classifications were not produced in 2020 due to the pandemic
2021	4
2022	12
2023	18
2024	37

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