Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the results of the Department for Education’s consultation on Guidance for Schools and Colleges: Gender Questioning Children, opened on 19 December 2023; and what is their response to the consultation.

The department is currently reviewing the draft non-statutory guidance for schools and colleges on gender questioning children, in addition to reviewing the statutory guidance on relationships, sex and health education.

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has been clear that children’s wellbeing must be at the heart of this guidance and, as such, the government is looking carefully at the consultation responses, discussing with stakeholders and considering the relevant evidence, including the Cass Review, before setting out next steps.