Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress the Department of Health and Social Care has made in revising its internal policies to take account of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, in light of the EHRC Draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations; and by when they expect to be compliant with the Equality Act 2010.

The Department is reviewing its internal policy and guidance in light of the Supreme Court ruling on 16 April 2025 and the draft Code of Practice published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on 21 May 2026. We are expecting to publish revised policy and guidance in July 2026, subject to first completing an Equality Impact Assessment and concluding the relevant departmental engagement.