Question follow-through · 50929

Schools: Gender Recognition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the guidance on gender-questioning children for schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
8 May 2025
Target answer date
13 May 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the guidance on gender-questioning children for schools.

  2. 13 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 28 February 2025 to Question 31690.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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