Question follow-through · 49767
Government Departments: Equality
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15471 on Office for Equality and Opportunity: Gender and Sexuality, what definition of (a) gender, (b) sexual orientation and (c) gender identity are used
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 1 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 14 May 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15471 on Office for Equality and Opportunity: Gender and Sexuality, what definition of (a) gender, (b) sexual orientation and (c) gender identity are used
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 2025
Answer published
There is no definition of gender, sexual orientation or gender identity formally recognised and used by the diversity networks in the Cabinet Office.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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