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649538

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2016
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Government's response to Recommendations 4 to 8 of the Women and Equalities Committee Report on Transgender Equality, Cm 9301, over what timeframe she plans to monitor the implementation of alternative gender recognition processes in other jurisdictions; which such jurisdictions she plans to monitor; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	55808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>We have committed to a review of the Gender Recognition Act to streamline and demedicalise the gender recognition process, which will include an examination of how alternative gender recognition schemes operate in other countries.</p><p>We have begun our programme of work on reviewing the gender recognition process, and we will provide an update on the Government’s progress in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 55809 question first answered 06/12/2016 15:18:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

649537

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2016
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Government's response to Recommendations 4 to 8 of Women and Equalities Committee Report on Transgender Equality, Cm 9301, if she will set out a timetable for the review of the Gender Recognition Act to determine whether changes can be made to improve it in order to streamline and de-medicalise the gender recognition process; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	55809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>We have committed to a review of the Gender Recognition Act to streamline and demedicalise the gender recognition process, which will include an examination of how alternative gender recognition schemes operate in other countries.</p><p>We have begun our programme of work on reviewing the gender recognition process, and we will provide an update on the Government’s progress in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 55808 question first answered 06/12/2016 15:18:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

647289

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to page 11 of the Government response to the First Report from the Women and Equalities Committee, Session 2015-16, on Transgender Equality, column 9301, published in July 2016, what progress the Government has made on reviewing the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to determine whether changes can be made to streamline and de-medicalise the gender recognition process.
	tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
	tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
	uin	55074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>In our response to the Committee in July, the Government committed to a range of significant actions designed to improve the lives and experiences of transgender people.</p><p>We agree with the Committee that issues raised are serious and complex. That is why we are engaging with stakeholders to make sure any changes we make are based on evidence and user needs.</p><p>On the action plans specifically, we are in the process of collating updates and will publish a summary in 2017.</p><p>On reforms to the Gender Recognition Act, we’ve been engaging with ministers on how to take this commitment forward and we have begun our stakeholder engagement programme by meeting the Gender Recognition Panel.</p><p>We will provide an update on the Government’s progress in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 55076 55077 55078 question first answered 01/12/2016 11:16:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

984766

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which organisations his Department consulted during the drafting of the consultation on reform of the Gender Recognition Act.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	177661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>As part of our pre-consultation engagement in the run up to publishing the Gender Recognition Act Consultation, the Government Equalities Office met over 70 organisations and stakeholders. These included LGBT organisations, women’s groups, faith organisations, refuges and domestic violence campaign groups, local government, campaign organisations such as Woman’s Place UK, unions, transgender charities, government departments and other European governments. Gendered Intelligence were one of these groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office is physically based in the Department for Education building in Westminster. Hard copy responses to the consultation must therefore be addressed to the Government Equalities Office in the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 177662 177663 question first answered 17/10/2018 15:07:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

984767

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, for what reason hard-copy responses to the consultation on reform of the Gender Recognition Act have to be sent to an address at the Department for Education and online responses to the Government Equalities Office.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	177662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>As part of our pre-consultation engagement in the run up to publishing the Gender Recognition Act Consultation, the Government Equalities Office met over 70 organisations and stakeholders. These included LGBT organisations, women’s groups, faith organisations, refuges and domestic violence campaign groups, local government, campaign organisations such as Woman’s Place UK, unions, transgender charities, government departments and other European governments. Gendered Intelligence were one of these groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office is physically based in the Department for Education building in Westminster. Hard copy responses to the consultation must therefore be addressed to the Government Equalities Office in the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 177661 177663 question first answered 17/10/2018 15:07:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

984768

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what collaborative work took place between Gendered Intelligence and the Government Equalities Office on the consultation on the reform of the Gender Recognition Act.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	177663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>As part of our pre-consultation engagement in the run up to publishing the Gender Recognition Act Consultation, the Government Equalities Office met over 70 organisations and stakeholders. These included LGBT organisations, women’s groups, faith organisations, refuges and domestic violence campaign groups, local government, campaign organisations such as Woman’s Place UK, unions, transgender charities, government departments and other European governments. Gendered Intelligence were one of these groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office is physically based in the Department for Education building in Westminster. Hard copy responses to the consultation must therefore be addressed to the Government Equalities Office in the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 177661 177662 question first answered 17/10/2018 15:07:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

1052482

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to announce changes to the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	215618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>From 3 July to 22 October 2018, the Government ran a public consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in order to make the gender recognition process less bureaucratic and intrusive for the people that use it.</p><p> </p><p>We received over 100,000 responses to the consultation and we are now working to analyse these. We will publish the Government’s response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2019 14:25:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1123259

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what transgender groups and charities the Government consulted as part of its consultation on the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	247759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office met over 100 organisations in the run up to, and during the formal consultation period on the Gender Recognition Act, including LGBT groups, trans groups, women’s groups, faith groups, foreign governments and other civil society groups. Since beginning its consultation engagement work, the specific trans organisations that officials from GEO have met with are:</p><p>A:Gender</p><p>All About Trans</p><p>FTM London</p><p>Gendered Intelligence</p><p>GIRES</p><p>Mermaids</p><p>Press for Change</p><p>Scottish Trans Alliance</p><p>The Beaumont Trust</p><p>The Unique Transgender Network</p><p>TrAC Project</p><p>Trans Media Watch</p><p>Trans Organisations Network</p><p>Transgender Europe</p><p>Transgender Netwerk Nederland</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/05/2019 15:26:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

711532

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2017 to Question 64967, on gender recognition: health services, which single-sex services will be considered as part of the Government's review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and when the Government plans that review to commence.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	68173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>In the Government’s response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee inquiry into transgender equality, we committed to reviewing the Gender Recognition Act to determine whether changes can be made to improve it in order to streamline and de-medicalise the gender recognition process. The internal review is already underway.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work, we are monitoring the implementation of alternative gender recognition processes in other jurisdictions and analysing the evidence placed before the Committee; this will inform our consideration of single-sex services as part of the review.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/03/2017 17:41:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

715160

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2017 to Question 68173, whether the review into the de-medicalising and streamlining of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 will include the effect of self-definition on (a) women's refuges, (b) women's health services, (c) women-only sports groups, (d) commissioning for specialist clinical services and emotional support for transgender people and (e) commissioning for clinical responses to and health-related research on illnesses which predominantly or solely affect men or women.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	69761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is dedicated to promoting the equal rights of women and of transgender individuals.</p><p>In our work to review the Gender Recognition Act we are monitoring the implementation of alternative gender recognition processes in other jurisdictions and we are analysing the evidence placed before the Women and Equalities Committee. We are considering single-sex and other public services as part of the review.</p><p>All public authorities have to comply with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty in the development of policy, commissioning and provision of services. This includes paying due regard not only to the needs of men and women but also transgender individuals. We will comply with these requirements in all our work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/04/2017 14:33:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire