Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of NHS leaders at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Women's Hospital, and others, (1) criticising, and (2) planning to ignore, the EHRC guidance on transgender women and access to female-only spaces.

No specific assessment has been made. NHS England’s guidance Delivering same-sex accommodation is currently under review. We are working with NHS England to ensure that the privacy, dignity and safety of all patients is protected. Any updated guidance will adhere to relevant equalities legislation.