Conversion Therapy

(asked on 16th July 2026) - View Source

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will provide a breakdown of the information that her Department holds on the number of people experiencing conversion practices annually by (a) sex, (b) age, (c) sexual orientation, (d) transgender status, (e) ethnicity, (f) religion or belief, (g) disability and (h) region.


Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 7th September 2026

The Government published its draft Conversion Practices Bill on 25 June for pre-legislative scrutiny. Our impact assessment which summarises the data that is available on conversion practices. This can be found here: Draft Conversion Practices Bill Impact Assessment.

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