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	date	15/03/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to amend the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to permit children under the age of 18 to change their gender without parental consent.
	tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
	uin	132801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Gender Recognition Act 2004 is the piece of legislation that enables people to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate, and thereby gain legal recognition of their gender. Legal gender recognition is entirely separate from any medical treatment an individual may receive to change their gender.</p><p>In July 2017, we announced our intention to consult on reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004. We are currently considering the content of the consultation, and we will be publishing the consultation in due course. The Government recognises that there are a wide range of views on reforming the Act and we are taking time to engage with stakeholders in advance of the consultation to understand these views in more detail.</p><p>Any reforms that we might take forward relating to the age limit for applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate, will not affect when an individual can access medical treatment. Surgery is not offered for children and adolescents, and we have no intention of changing this.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/03/2018 17:13:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

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	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have registered as transgender in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	23049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>Children born in England or Wales are registered in the birth register as being either male or female. Transgender is not a term used to describe the sex of a child at birth registration.</p><p>The Gender Recognition Act 2004 enables transgender people aged 18 or over to apply to the Gender Recognition Panel to obtain a gender recognition certificate – legal recognition of their acquired gender. That certificate is used to create an entry in the Gender Recognition Register, maintained by the Registrar General, from which a new birth certificate can be issued. There are, therefore, no records of children (under the age of 18) in this register.</p><p>Gender Recognition Registers are also held in respect of births in Northern Ireland and Scotland by the relevant Registrars General.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/01/2016 15:21:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon