Question follow-through · 123663
Equal Pay: Gender
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether Gender Pay Gap Reporting will use biological sex.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 15 Apr 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether Gender Pay Gap Reporting will use biological sex.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Apr 2026
Answer published
We recognise that the terms “male”, “female”, “men” and “women” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a person’s biological sex, and that this has implications for the guidance provided on gender pay gap reporting. As currently set out on the “Preparing your ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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