Question follow-through · 15815
Health Services: Gender
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance has (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) MHPRA provides to NHS bodies and his Department’s arm’s length bodies on (a) the expression of gender critical views and (b) recognitio
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance has (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) MHPRA provides to NHS bodies and his Department’s arm’s length bodies on (a) the expression of gender critical views and (b) recognitio
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jul 2026
Answer published
No specific guidance has been issued. The Department expects its arm’s-length bodies and the National Health Service to adhere to the Equality Act 2010, which protects everyone against discrimination on the basis of the protected characteristics set out i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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