Gender-specific toilets to be required in non-residential buildings in England

Ministers say move will combat growing concerns about privacy and dignity' in gender-neutral facilities

New restaurants, offices, schools and hospitals in England will be required to have separate male and female toilets, in a move ministers say will combat growing concerns about privacy and dignity" in gender-neutral facilities.

The law will mean newly built non-residential buildings require separate facilities, and cannot solely have universal" lavatories.