Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many violent crimes against women have been perpetrated by people identifying as trans in each of the last five years.

It is difficult to assess how many crimes have been perpetrated by or against people identifying as trans because the Home Office holds information on notifiable crimes reported to and recorded by the police but this does not include whether a victim or perpetrator of a crime identifies as trans.

In February 2018, the Office for National Statistics published articles on the natures of violent and sexual crime in England and Wales in 2016/17. These articles provide information on what we know about the victims and perpetrators of violent or sexual offences, but there are no figures for people identifying themselves as trans.

Individual forces may record information on transgender victims and perpetrators, but there is no current requirement for them to send such data to the Home Office as part of their regular data returns.

We want transgender people to be healthy, happy, and able to live their lives free from discrimination and distress and we are delivering on our commitment to review the Gender Recognition Act to move to a gender recognition system that works better for trans people.