Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many gender reassignment and gender affirmation operations were carried out by the NhS in each year since 2000 for which data are available.
The following table shows the number of finished consultant episodes (FCE) where a main or secondary procedure for gender reassignment has been recorded for each year from 2000-01 to 2019-20.
Year | FCEs |
2000-01 | 87 |
2001-02 | 95 |
2002-03 | 108 |
2003-04 | 120 |
2004-05 | 135 |
2005-06 | 139 |
2006-07 | 146 |
2007-08 | 136 |
2008-09 | 168 |
2009-10 | 151 |
2010-11 | 169 |
2011-12 | 163 |
2012-13 | 167 |
2013-14 | 176 |
2014-15 | 192 |
2015-16 | 188 |
2016-17 | 204 |
2017-18 | 228 |
2018-19 | 293 |
2019-20 | 342 |
Total | 3,407 |
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