Dear Rebecca West,

Freedom of Information Request Ref:3048

I refer to your recent request for information about for women only
swimming pools, which was received by the Council on the 29th August 2023.

Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be responded to within twenty working days
of the date of its receipt by the Council.

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hesitate to contact me. Please quote the reference number above in any
further communication concerning your request.

Yours faithfully,

Lynne Ridley

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000

Dear Rebecca West,

Freedom of Information Request Ref: 3048

I refer to your recent request for information about swimming pools for
ladies only. The information you requested is as follows:
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. There are no council-funded swimming pools that
provide ‘women only’ or ‘ladies only”’ swimming sessions.

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? Not applicable.

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. Not applicable.

4. Please tell me, do the council-funded leisure centres and sports
facilities provide single sex changing rooms and showers in your local
authority? Epping Forest District Council funded leisure centres and
sports facilities do provide single sex changing rooms and showers.

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request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review
requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your receipt
of this response to your request and should be addressed to: Lynne Ridley,
Corporate and Data Protection Officer, Epping Forest District Council,
Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.

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Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours faithfully,

Beau Klusko

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000