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Health and Safety Workplace health, safety and welfare
Executive 3.3 Staff WC Provision

ACOP 21 ■ the facilities should be fitted with doors at entrances and exits unless
The provisions for a staff WC should be in
other measures are taken to ensure an equivalent degree of privacy.
accordance with Table 1, Regulation 21 of
Minimum numbers of facilities
the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare)
197 Table 1 shows the minimum number of toilets and washbasins that
Regulations 1992. There should be 1No. toilet
should be provided where both men and women are working. Column 1 refers
to the maximum number of workers likely to be in the workplace at any one
provided as a minimum where there are up to
time. If separate toilets are provided for a group of workers (eg men, women,
office workers or manual workers), a separate calculation should be made for
5No. members of staff on the premises at any
each group. More facilities may be necessary if, for example, breaks are
taken at set times or workers finish work together and need to wash before
one time.
leaving.
Table 1 Number of facilities needed per number of people at work
1 2 3 R A F T
3
Number of people Number of cubicles Number of washbasins
at work
1 to 5 1 1
6 to 25 2 2
26 to 50 3 3
51 to 75 4 4
76 to 100 5 5

Guidance 21 198 Table 1 provides advice on provision for mixed workplaces. However, where it
may be necessary to provide urinals for use by men, then the advice in Table 2 may
be followed.
ACOP 21 199 Table 2 may be followed as an alternative to column 2 of Table 1 if toilets
are only used by men. A urinal may either be an individual urinal or a section
of urinal space which is at least 600 mm long.
Table 2 Number of facilities needed per number of men at work

1 2
Number of men 3D Number of cubicles Number of urinals
at work
1 to 15 1 1
16 to 30 2 1
31 to 45 2 2
46 to 60 3 2
61 to 75 3
76 to 90 4 3
91 to 100 4 4

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3.3 Staff WC Provision 3 February 2016