P-06-1560 Reinstate single sex toilet provision in educational settings

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Text of petition:

By law all schools are legally required to provide separate toilet facilities for boys and girls. However this hasn’t been followed with many schools changing facilities to communal mixed sex spaces. After the recent Supreme Court clarification that sex is biological these single sex spaces need to be reinstated & the law upheld.

Additional information:

The Welsh government School toilets:
Good practice guidance for schools in Wales in 2012 stated that regulations require separate toilet areas for male & female learners.
https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2018-03/school-toilets-good-practice-guidance-for-schools-in-wales.pdf

However schools have been allowed to ignore the law and replace them with mixed sex communal toilets. Children have been “holding” & avoiding using the mixed sex toilets. Avoiding school altogether especially girls who are menstruating. And not drinking to avoid going to the toilet, leading to health issues like bladder infections.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/pupils-missing-school-because-dont-15839558.amp

Research: “Mixed sex toilets in Wales’ schools – breaking the law” - 2024.
https://merchedcymru.wales/2024/01/24/mixed-sex-toilets-in-wales-schools-breaking-the-law/

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Alyn and Deeside
• North Wales

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