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Written question asked by Malcolm Moss (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 December 2009. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 December 2009 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Leisure: Expenditure

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many (a) playing fields and (b) swimming pools there are in each (i) district council and (ii) unitary authority area in the East of England;
Answer

Sport England has supplied the information in the following table for the number of grass pitches and swimming pools in each district council and unitary authority area in the East of England.

District/Unitary Authority (UA) Green Fields Swimming Pools
Babergh 137 8
Basildon 179 14
Bedford 322 16
Braintree 175 15
Breckland 155 9
Brentwood 112 14
Broadland 137 14
Broxbourne 112 9
Cambridge 169 17
Castle Point 93 8
Chelmsford 256 18
City of Peterborough (UA) 158 14
Colchester 245 24
Dacorum 288 24
East Cambridgeshire 141 5
East Hertfordshire 219 22
Epping Forest 169 14
Fenland 112 5
Forest Heath 54 4
Great Yarmouth 91 9
Harlow 95 7
Hertsmere 185 17
Huntingdonshire 223 13
Ipswich 140 11
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 179 13
Luton (UA) 179 14
Maldon 59 6
Mid Bedfordshire 242 14
Mid Suffolk 176 7
North Hertfordshire 199 14
North Norfolk 155 15
Norwich 100 11
Rochford 109 8
South Bedfordshire 195 10
South Cambridgeshire 262 13
South Norfolk 212 14
Southend-on-Sea (UA) 193 14
St. Albans 284 17
St. Edmundsbury 157 18
Stevenage 95 5
Suffolk Coastal 243 13
Tendring 114 18
Three Rivers 134 7
Thurrock (UA) 164 10
Uttlesford 141 10
Watford 87 6
Waveney 134 11
Welwyn Hatfield 141 10

Sport England does not collect the running costs for sports and leisure facilities in each district and unitary council. This information would have to be requested from each individual local authority.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
502 c193-4W; 304577
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Leisure Expenditure Playing fields Swimming pools East of England
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk