PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Building Regulations: Disability (5 January 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to amend the relevant building regulations to require all large buildings to have Changing Places toilet facilities for people with profound disabilities.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government commissioned research into the effectiveness of the guidance which supports the Building Regulations’ requirements. This relates to access to, and use of, non domestic buildings. The research has been completed and we are considering it. We will be taking the research into account in considering whether any changes need to be made to the guidance on the provision of toilet facilities for people with disabilities.

Building regulations are not retrospective and only apply when building work takes place. We will continue to be supportive of other initiatives to encourage existing business and building owners to voluntarily install Changing Places toilets for people with profound disabilities, where this is appropriate.

Answered by:
Dominic Raab (Conservative)
16 January 2018