Public toilet provision 2018-2024
Case reference FOI2025/00466
Received 5 March 2025
Published 17 March 2025
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with the following information:
1) How many public toilets you operated in the following years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
2) How much you spent on public toilets in the following years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
3) The reasons for closure of your public toilets, if any.
Response
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with the following information:
1) How many public toilets you operated in the following years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Answer: 2019: 14
2020: 11 (aside from all public toilets being closed during lockdown periods in the pandemic)
2021: 11 (aside from all public toilets being closed during lockdown periods in the pandemic)
2022: 14
2023: 14
2024: 15
2) How much you spent on public toilets in the following years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Answer: 2019: £173,779
2020: £52,680
2021: £93,298
2022: £162,526
2023: £176,753
2024: £185,782
3) The reasons for closure of your public toilets, if any.
Answer: The Service Area have advised, aside from all public toilets being closed during lockdown periods in the pandemic, there have been no other closures.
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