Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on guidance to schools on children who are questioning their gender.

The Department engaged with the EHRC as a part of wider stakeholder engagement to inform our policy on gender questioning children. Guidance has now been published for consultation within Keeping children safe in education. Our guidance to schools and colleges is pragmatic and balanced, with the wellbeing of children at its heart, and is clear that no child should be able to access toilets, changing rooms, or boarding or residential accommodation for the opposite sex.