Question follow-through · 906828

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Clinical Trials

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential equality impacts of the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
10 Dec 2025
Answer
10 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential equality impacts of the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial.

  2. 10 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The government is committed to supporting research that delivers robust, evidence-based understanding of gender incongruence issues, especially for children and young people. The PATHWAYS trial research protocol has rightly undergone a thorough independen...

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