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Department for Education: Sanitation

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 87685

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) single sex and (b) gender neutral bathroom facilities her Department provides in its main Whitehall building.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

The department’s main Whitehall building, Sanctuary Buildings, has 70 single sex cubicles, 16 urinals and 22 non-gendered universal toilets (individual self-contained lockable toilet rooms which contain a toilet, washbasin and hand-drying facilities). This is in addition to 11 wheelchair accessible toilets.

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