| Heading: |
Beaches: Rescue Services |
| Question ID: |
1741231 |
| UIN: |
13942 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5270 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Darren Paffey
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| Asking Member handle: |
darrenpaffey
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@darrenpaffey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of lifeguard numbers on UK beaches; and whether he plans to improve beach safety. |
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true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
We have made no such assessment. However, the responsibility for lifeguards on beaches is usually a matter for local authorities or private beach owners. |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |