Scottish Government toilets and associated washing facilities information: FOI release
- Published
- 2 July 2025
- Directorate
- Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
- Topic
- Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202500457977
- Date received
- 18 March 2025
- Date responded
- 14 April 2025
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Please list the buildings where Scottish Government staff work, where the Scottish Government is responsible for ensuring legal duties about the provision of toilets and associated washing facilities are met under The Workplace (Health, Safety, and Welfare) Regulations 1992.
Please also provide information on what proportion of toilets in these buildings are provided in the form where each toilet is in a separate room, lockable from the inside, with a wash-hand basin, intended for the use of one person at a time:
(a) in total and
(b) within each of these buildings separately: Victoria Quay, St Andrews House, Saughton House, Atlantic Quay (all locations), Marine Scotland Laboratories (Aberdeen)
(c) any other buildings for which the information is held centrally.
If toilets specifically designated as for disabled use are included, please state what the proportion figure would be if these were excluded.
Response
I enclose a copy of the information you requested.
The Scottish Government estate is made up of 66 owned and leased sites, including offices, stores and buildings in the field.
There are a total of 1,016 toilet facilities available across the Scottish Government core estate. Of the total number of toilet facilities, 18% of these are provided in the form where a toilet is in a separate room, lockable from the inside, with a wash-hand basin, intended for use of one person at a time.
All accessible toilets across the Scottish Government core estate are gender neutral.
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Contact
Please quote the FOI reference
Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG