Sharon Keogan (Independent)

Can I pass on my earlier questions to the Minister's officials and they might come back to me with answers? My question concerns the missing Gender Recognition Act impact assessment. In 2018, a review group recommended extending legal gender recognition to non-binary individuals but acknowledged the need for a comprehensive impact assessment. The reply to a parliamentary question from 2023 confirmed that this work was stalled during the pandemic. Has the Department contributed to this interdepartmental group? Will the Minister support a new independent review of the Gender Recognition Act? What steps will be taken to ensure that any future review is neutral, evidence-based and child rights-compliant? In the wake of the Cass review and the closure of the Tavistock clinic in the UK, how many children were referred to the Tavistock centre between 2011 and 2020? Has the Department conducted any follow-up assessments of those cases? What is being done to ensure that gender identity services are evidence-based and multidisciplinary and are not reliant on the discredited Tavistock model?