Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that the consultation entitled Toilet provision in buildings other than dwellings, published on 13 August 2023, includes the consideration of equal provision of sanitary bins in male and female toilets.
Answered by Lee Rowley
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 195483 on the 6 September 2023.
Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of Approved Document M for ensuring that men who experience incontinence can access sanitary bins.
Answered by Lee Rowley
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 195483 on the 6 September 2023.
Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to consult on the implementation of incontinence bins in publicly accessible male toilets as part of the technical consultation on the provision of toilets.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The Government encourages the provision of sanitary bins in publicly accessible toilets.
Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department’s letter of 30 June 2023 to the leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council, what legal power he used to require that South Cambridgeshire District Council stop its four-day working week trial.
Answered by Lee Rowley
I refer the Hon. Member to my letter of 30 June. I will place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which organisations his Department considers are local partners that should (a) be consulted and (b) help local authorities deliver UK Shared Prosperity Fund funding to the communities that need it most; and whether a list of local partners will be published in the prospectus.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
A list of local partners will be included in the prospectus (which is being published later this spring) which will be a guide for local authorities.
Currently, each lead local authority is encouraged to start identifying a diverse range of local stakeholders, appropriate groups and organisations to represent cross-sector voices.