Government ministers have announced a new rule for all new public buildings which will see them required to have separate male and female toilets.
The change agreed by ministers last month will apply to the likes of hospitals, schools, public offices and entertainment buildings. New buildings will be allowed to have gender neutral toilets, but only if they also provide single-sex toilets on the premises.
The Government said that the new measures, which will be made through changes to building regulations, will not affect rules on disabled toilets, The Mirror reports. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said of the move: “The rise in ‘gender neutral’ toilets raised safety concerns from women who feel they are losing privacy and being unfairly disadvantaged.
