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date	08/12/2020
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	Transgender People: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they undertook any review in 2018 into the reasons for the increase in the number of girls seeking gender reassignment; and if so, what was the outcome of that review.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL11215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The work by the Government Equalities Office has been superceded by NHS England commissioning an independent review into adolescent transgender healthcare, led by Dr Hilary Cass. One of the issues it will consider is the increase in the number of adolescents seeking the use of gender identity services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 23/12/2020 10:31:51 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

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registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Transgender People: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether people under the age of 18 can transition gender through routes other than under the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	260601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The only method of legally changing gender is through the process set out in the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This involves applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate, which can then be used to obtain a new birth certificate. This process is only open to those aged 18 and over.</p><p> </p><p>Medical transition is governed by the NHS, and surgery is not available to those under the age of 18. Cross-sex hormones can only be prescribed under strict clinical supervison from the age of 16.</p><p> </p><p>Social transition, such as changing the name you are known by, and the pronouns you use, can be done by anyone at any age, and is often subject to a discussion between a child and their parents if it happens before age 18.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/07/2019 11:37:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies