Gender Recognition Certificates
(asked on 8th December 2023) - View Source
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people have acquired Gender Recognition Certificates using section 1(1)(b) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in each year since statistics were first reported in 2009.
All statistics on the number of people acquiring Gender Recognition Certificates through the overseas route are published by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in their quarterly tribunal statistics release found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.
The information in the table below presents the successful outcomes of GRC applications under section 1(1)(b) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. Please note the third column in answer to your question.
Outcomes of overseas route applications for a gender recognition certificate [1] | ||||||||
Financial Year | Total | Full GRC Granted | Interim GRC granted 2 | Refused | Application Withdrawn | No Fee Paid | Error | Reopened |
2009/10 | 9 | 6 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | .. |
2010/11 | 22 | 9 | - | 5 | 7 | - | 1 | .. |
2011/12 | 13 | 8 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | .. |
2012/13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | .. |
2013/14 | 17 | 12 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | .. |
2014/15 | 14 | 11 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | .. |
2015/16 | 12 | 7 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | .. |
2016/17 | 14 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | .. |
2017/18 | 33 | 23 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
2018/19 | 27 | 15 | - | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | .. |
2019/20 | 27 | 23 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | .. |
2020/21 | 33 | 27 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | .. |
2021/22 | 33 | 30 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - |
2022/23 | 55 | 46 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
Source:Tribunal Statistics Quarterly (July to September 2023) Table GRP_3 Applications disposed of by the Gender Recognition Panel, by type of track and outcome, Q1 2009/10 to Q2 2023/24
To Note:
Full GRCs above relate only to those which are issued by the Panel.
[1] Details of which track to apply to can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/apply-gender-recognition-certificate
[2] Interim certificates are issued to successful applicants who meet the criteria for gender recognition but are a) not eligible to remain married following gender recognition because they were married under the law of Northern Ireland, b) eligible but either they and/or spouse have decided not to remain married after issue of full GRC, c) in a protected civil partnership where only one partner has applied for gender recognition (or where both have applied but only one was successful) or d) in a civil partnership but one which is not a protected civil partnership. In these circumstances once the successful applicant has ended their marriage or civil partnership, they can be issued a full GRC.
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