Question follow-through · 55474

Passports: Gender

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will take legislative steps to introduce a gender-neutral marker on passports.

answeredChristine JardineHome Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will take legislative steps to introduce a gender-neutral marker on passports.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The purpose of identity documents, including passports, is to verify a person’s identity and confirm they are the rightful holder of the document.Current policy is that only ‘male’ and ‘female’ sexes are recognised for official purposes under UK law, whic...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Police: Workplace Pensions

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made with the policing sector on supporting the effective implementation of the McCloud remedy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Passports: Applications

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the adequacy of rules governing (a) passport countersignatures and (b) the associated list of allowed professions.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration: Women

23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of including an annual earnings requirement of £12,570 for three to five years within the proposed Earned Settlement reforms for Indefin

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Arts

8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to negotiating a short-term mobility and work framework for touring creatives.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Manufacturing Industries

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the role of small engine supplies on the number of small boat crossings in the English Channel.