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min answer › date of answer	2019-05-14
answer › answer text	%3Cp%3EUnited Kingdom legislation only recognises two legal sexes or genders; male and female. There is no legal recognition of a third gender. Her Majesty%E2%80%99s Passport Office can therefore only issue passports indicating %E2%80%98male%E2%80%99 or %E2%80%98female%E2%80%99.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EThe Government is aware of an increasing number of people who identify as neither exclusively male nor female. We have committed to carrying out a call for evidence on the experiences of people who have a non-binary gender identity. The evidence gathered from this exercise will inform the Government%E2%80%99s next steps in this area.%3C/p%3E
answering dept sort name	Home Office

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19/06/2019

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Passports: Non-binary People

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the International Civil Aviation Organisation's permitting of the use of X (unspecified) on passports, for what reasons the Government does not issue non-gendered X passports for people who do not identify as either male or female.

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Bolton South East

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Yasmin Qureshi

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is ministerial correction

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24/06/2019

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<p>United Kingdom legislation only recognises two legal sexes or genders; male and female. There is no legal recognition of a third gender. Her Majesty’s Passport Office can therefore only issue passports indicating ‘male’ or ‘female’.</p><p>The Government is aware of an increasing number of people who identify as neither exclusively male nor female. We have committed to carrying out a call for evidence on the experiences of people who have a non-binary gender identity. The evidence gathered from this exercise will inform the Government’s next steps in this area.</p>

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Romsey and Southampton North

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Caroline Nokes

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24/06/2019 16:09:23

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