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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sanitation

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 30 December 2025UIN 89374

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) single sex and (b) gender neutral bathroom facilities her Department provides in its Whitehall premises.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Department’s main Whitehall building, 2 Marsham Street, has (a) four single sex bathroom facilities on its five floors, consisting of three cubicles that contain a toilet, and a shared station of three washbasins and hand-drying facilities.

2 Marsham Street has (b) ten gender neutral/accessible bathroom facilities that are individual self-contained lockable toilet rooms with a toilet, washbasin and hand-drying facilities. These are also wheelchair accessible.

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