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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

Single-sex toilets to be required in non-residential buildings in England

Male and female toilets
The law will mean newly built non-residential buildings require separate facilities, and cannot solely have ‘universal’ lavatories. Photograph: Maureen McLean/REX/Shutterstock

New restaurants, offices and hospitals in England will be required to have separate male and female toilets, in a move ministers say will combat growing concerns about “privacy and dignity” in gender-neutral facilities.

The law will mean newly built non-residential buildings require separate facilities, and cannot solely have “universal” lavatories.

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