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Passports: Gender Recognition

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 31 March 2025UIN 41234

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an individual without a Gender Recognition Certificate can change the sex displayed on their passport to be different from their sex recorded at birth.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

HM Passport’s Office policy can be found at Gender recognition policy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The policy was last updated under the previous government in April 2024, and has not been changed since.

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