To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many swimming pools there are in (a) primary schools, (b) middle schools and (c) upper schools in Suffolk; and how many there were in 1996. (103404)

I have been asked to reply.

Suffolk local education authority has advised my Department that 80, 6 and 1 of its primary, middle and upper schools respectively have swimming pools. The Department does not hold information on numbers of swimming pools in 1996.