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registered interest false more like this
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Women and Equalities more like this
answering dept id 31 more like this
answering dept short name Women and Equalities more like this
answering dept sort name Women and Equalities more like this
hansard heading Transgender People more like this
house id 2 more like this
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pref label House of Lords remove filter
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of individuals who self-identify as transsexual; and how many individuals have received a Gender Recognition Certificate since the Gender Recognition Act 2004 was passed. more like this
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Lord Blencathra more like this
uin HL6002 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-19more like thismore than 2018-03-19
answer text <p>The Government does not have an estimate of the number of individuals in the UK who identify as transgender. <br>The total transgender population is difficult to estimate for a number of reasons. For example, there is no standardised approach to collecting data on gender identity and some individuals are unwilling to disclose that they are transgender due to privacy concerns. <br>The Ministry of Justice publish statistics on the Gender Recognition Act process every quarter. The latest statistics can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-19T16:06:57.743Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-19T16:06:57.743Z
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label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
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label Biography information for Lord Blencathra more like this