Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who identify as transgender can register to vote.

The Government is working towards creating a democracy that works for everyone, including transgender people. I have recently met with the Albert Kennedy Trust, a Manchester-based LGBT+ advocacy organisation to hear, first hand, what the barriers are to transgender people participating in our democracy. This is part of our wider democratic engagement agenda to tackle exclusion and encourage voter registration.