Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to review its guidance on the inclusion of transgender people in sport.

The Government is clear that we are committed to tackling all forms of discrimination in sport. Sport is able to deliver important benefits to the wider society and can play a big part in helping to remould or instil the values we want to see in our communities, and particularly in young people. Government understands the importance of tackling transphobia in sport and in my role as Minister for Sport, I am responsible for this policy.

Sport England, as a member of the Sports Council Equality Group, is updating its existing transgender guidance which includes transgender and those transitioning in a phased approach. It will cover both legislative guidance for competition, as well as advice on how to improve support and inclusivity for transgender people in sport. Both phases will be completed by spring 2017.