Question follow-through · 2096

Civil Service: Gender Recognition

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Civil Service’s current Gender Reassignment guidance.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Civil Service’s current Gender Reassignment guidance.

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    New model Gender Reassignment guidance has been issued to Civil Service departments for them to use as a template for their own departmental guidance. Internal HR policies and guidance are not published externally.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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