Question follow-through · 30703

Gender Dysphoria: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many gender (a) reassignment and (b) affirmation operations were carried out by the NHS in each year since 2000 for which data is available.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
13 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many gender (a) reassignment and (b) affirmation operations were carried out by the NHS in each year since 2000 for which data is available.

  2. 13 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Department does not hold this data centrally, as it is held at an individual National Health Service provider level.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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