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Beaches: Rescue Services

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 13942, tabled on 12 November 2024

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.

Answered on

3 December 2024

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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