Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the technical consultation referred to in Written Statement HCWS172 of 9 November 2022, what progress has been made in technical consultations regarding the potential merits of requiring local authorities and private workplaces to ensure equal access to hygiene bins in public and workplace toilets.

The Government has carried out a call for evidence and research to help inform and consider changes to statutory guidance which includes consideration of sanitary bins. Further details will be set out in due course.