Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received from groups representing disabled people on the adequacy of the level of provision by local authorities of public conveniences with disabled access.

Within the last 6 months we received letters from one disability group, the Association for the Independence of Disabled people, which wanted to contribute to improving sanitary toilet provision. We also responded to 11 Ministerial letters, 3 official letters and 2 enquiries. Most asked Government for adequate Changing Places facilities or asked detailed questions about the layout and availability of local accessible public conveniences. There was a Westminster Hall debate in February 2017 on publicly accessible amenities with input from groups representing disabled people. Evidence was also submitted ahead of the recent Women and Equalities Select Committee. Government took part in the committee’s inquiry ‘Disability and the built environment’ this year, and their report presented a range of views from disability groups on the provision of public conveniences.