FOI request (FOIR-717788542)

Health, Safety & Environment - Gyms

Requested Tue 27 May 2025
Responded Tue 03 June 2025

I am writing to make a Freedom of Information request for the following information.

Over the last 10 years (since April 2015):

1. How many complaints have been made to this authority against gyms?

2. How many separate gyms have had complaints made against them?

3. What was the nature of these complaints?

4. What action was taken by the enforcement authority?

5. How many formal notices were issued (enforcement, prohibition, and so on)?

6. How many gyms were fined?

7. What was the value of each fine?

8. Was there any further legal action taken and if so, how many instances and what was the outcome?

9. How many visits to gyms have been made to check on Health and Safety, Environmental Health, or Food Hygiene issues, and how many visits of each type?

10. What was the outcome of each of these visits?

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Response

Please note we only have records back to 2019 due to data retention policies.

1. 9

2. 5

3 and 4.

a. Cleanliness - Health and Safety advice visit

b. Pool water standards - Health and Safety investigation - sampling documents satisfactory

c. Music noise - Environmental Health investigation - resolved

d. Concerns over lone working - Health and Safety investigation - risk assessments satisfactory

e. Pool water standards - Health and Safety investigation - sampling documents satisfactory

f. Music noise - Complainant did not follow up with officers

g. No running water - Resolved before officer intervention

h. Injury - Health and Safety investigation - protocols correct and followed Injury - Complainant did not follow up with officers

5. 0

6. 0

7. 0

8. Not applicable

9 and 10.

As well as complaint follow up visits (as above) 1x water sampling visit - satisfactory, 2x gyms on 2 yearly rotation for Food Hygiene visits