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

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of cuts to local government funding since 2010 on the number of public toilets in the UK.

The final local government finance settlement for 2024 to 2025 makes available up to £64.7 billion, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £4.5 billion or 7.5% in cash terms on 2023-24. This includes additional measures for local authorities in England worth £600 million that the Government announced between the provisional and final settlement. Local government will see a real-terms increase in Core Spending Power (the Government’s measure of funding available to local government) over the period 2019-20 to 2024-25.

The majority of the funding provided through the Settlement is un-ringfenced, in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities, this includes responsibility for decisions regarding the provision and maintenance of public toilets.