Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 62357

Water: Standards

Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 7 July 2025

Question

Chris Webb

LabourBlackpool South

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.

Answer

Emma Hardy
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. 201512201662017720189201972020Classifications were not produced in 2020 due to the pandemic20...

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