FOI Request - Public Toilets and Street Cleaning
Request 101003718449
1. Please provide the following information for the listed years:
2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25
a. Number of public toilets open for use
b. Number of toilets operated or owned by the council
c. Annual cleaning costs for public toilets
d. Annual budget for street cleaning
2. Please provide the following information for 2024/25:
a. Average length of time that public toilets are open (in hours)
b. Shortest length of time that any public toilet is open (in hours)
3. What are the main reasons given for closing public toilets?
Response 12-03-2025
1.a)-d)
2024 17
2023 17
2022 17
2021 17
2020 16
2019 16
2018 16
2017 32
2016 32
2015 32
2014 32
| 2024/25 to date | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | |
| Staff cost for Mobile toilet cleaners | 139583 | 159587 | 147859 | 126284 | 112783 | 113269 |
| Cleaning materials | 3037 | 3645.48 | 4252.17 | 3038.13 | 1943.49 | 3027.06 |
| Budget for street sweeping | 879662 | 866518 | 898079 | 876736 | Not available separately | Not available separately |
Note: Further years data is not available. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
Note: Mobile Toilet Cleaners are also responsible for litter picking and bin servicing in their allocated areas so the staffing costs are not for toilet cleaning specifically.
2.a) & b) 7 hours per day
3. Budget cuts