Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to ensure the recording of biological natal sex on all records in his Department's remit.

This question is not answerable within the proscribed PQ cost limit of £850.00.

The PQ requests an answer pertaining to the steps taken to ensure biological natal sex is recorded on all records in the MOJ.

To provide a response, officials would need to ascertain the facts of the extent of the activities undertaken to ensure the recording of biological natal sex on all MOJ records, or alternatively confirm that no steps are taken to ensure the recording of biological natal sex on all MOJ records.

In addition to this, investigations would also need to identify all systems, programmes and files that may hold records concerning the recording of biological natal sex in the organisation and extract that information to form a factual answer.

It is estimated that this would cost £1500.00.

To enable the department to provide a full answer within the proscribed cost limit, a revision to the question on scope and specificity is recommended.