Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 91321
Lake Windermere: Pollution Control
Tabled: 17 November 2025
Answered: 24 November 2025
Question
Tim Farron
Liberal Democrat — Westmorland and Lonsdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to increase spatial representation of sampling points around Lake Windermere including areas not currently designated as bathing-water locations.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Environment Agency samples the designated bathing waters in Windermere according to the Bathing Water Regulations. Applications for new bathing water designations in Lake Windermere can be made to Defra if the criteria published on GOV.UK are met.