Question follow-through · 78508

Transgender People: Public Lavatories

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her Department will issue guidance on whether a transgender person with a birth certificate which states their re-assigned sex is female is entitled to use female toilets.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
16 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her Department will issue guidance on whether a transgender person with a birth certificate which states their re-assigned sex is female is entitled to use female toilets.

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The independent Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is developing its updated statutory Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations to support service providers in this area. The EHRC has submitted the draft updated Codes to t...

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