The National Pool Lifeguard Qualification in England is the responsibility of the Institute of Qualified Lifeguards (IQL), which is affiliated to the Royal Life Saving Society UK, the recognised national governing body for Life Saving. The IQL has advised that:"(i) since 1999, 301,000 people were awarded the National Pool Lifeguard Qualification in the United Kingdom (pre-1999 figures were unavailable);""(ii) between January and the end of November this year, 31,000 people were awarded the National Pool Lifeguard Qualification in the United Kingdom."These figures include both newly qualified lifeguards and lifeguards renewing their qualification.The numbers of people training for the qualification and England-only figures were not available from the IQL.