Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to communicate the awarding of a contract for phalloplasty to a new team; and what steps are being taken to support people who have been on the waiting list for that surgery a significant amount of time.

A contract to provide phalloplasty services has now been awarded to the New Victoria Hospital in London. We expect patients to be seen in order of clinical need. The Gender Dysphoria National Referral Support Service will write to all patients on the waiting list and contact patients individually as soon as they are ready to be referred to the new provider.