Public Lavatories: Incontinence

(asked on 7th May 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to issue mandatory guidance to local authorities to ensure that all public washrooms include at least one male incontinence bin.


Answered by
Robbie Moore Portrait
Robbie Moore
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 20th May 2024

The Government encourages local authorities to consider such provision in public toilets to support those with this need but does not have powers to compel the provision of sanitary bins in public toilets. I would encourage the hon. Member to raise the issue locally.

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