I am writing concerning the letter (May 12), about the St Giles’ toilets being closed because of ‘health and safety concerns’. Maybe John Tanner can explain the health and safety concerns there are in using the toilets that do not apply when using them as a shop/café or using the taxi rank situated on the same road island.

If he does not reply, is it safe to assume that the reason for the toilets’ closure is that he does not want to spend money on refurbishment and wants them closed no matter what Oxford’s citizens and visitors want?

DENNIS BROWN, Cardwell Crescent, Headington, Oxford