Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2017 to Question 64967, on gender recognition: health services, which single-sex services will be considered as part of the Government's review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and when the Government plans that review to commence.

In the Government’s response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee inquiry into transgender equality, we committed to reviewing the Gender Recognition Act to determine whether changes can be made to improve it in order to streamline and de-medicalise the gender recognition process. The internal review is already underway.

As part of this work, we are monitoring the implementation of alternative gender recognition processes in other jurisdictions and analysing the evidence placed before the Committee; this will inform our consideration of single-sex services as part of the review.