Question follow-through · 117017
Health Services: Gender Recognition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written statement on 26 February 2026 titled Data Linkage Study, what the small but important improvements in study design are to which he refers in his statement.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written statement on 26 February 2026 titled Data Linkage Study, what the small but important improvements in study design are to which he refers in his statement.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2026
Answer published
Small but important proposed improvements include refining the data sharing requirement of adult gender clinics, so that data is only requested that directly relates to the study cohort. Careful consideration has also been given to how best to run the stu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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