Freedom of Information request - List of council-funded women-only swimming sessions
Case reference FOI2023/00212
Published 16 November 2023
Request
1. Please list all council-funded public swimming pools that provide 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions in your local authority. 2. Which of the listed facilities that advertise 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions, provide an environment that is exclusively single sex, i.e., for females only, and which facilities provide a session that is mixed sex, i.e., do not exclude males who identify as a woman? 3. Please send me a copy of the council policy or policies that cover the provision of 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions. 4. Please tell me, do the council-funded leisure centres and sports facilities provide single sex changing rooms and showers in your local authority?
Response
1. Please list all council-funded public swimming pools that provide 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions in your local authority.
Barton Leisure Centre
Ferry Leisure Centre
Leys Pools and Leisure Centre
2. Which of the listed facilities that advertise 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions, provide an environment that is exclusively single sex, i.e.,for females only, and which facilities provide a session that is mixed sex, i.e., do not exclude males who identify as a woman?
All our leisure centres are inclusive and if someone of male sex who identified as a woman wished to attend one these sessions, the local team would review this on a case by case basis.
3. Please send me a copy of the council policy or policies that cover the provision of 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions.
There is no specific policy.
4. Please tell me, do the council-funded leisure centres and sports facilities provide single sex changing rooms and showers in your local authority?
Yes, all sites have single sex changing rooms and showers, however Barton has a changing village.
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