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Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

Asked by Tonia AntoniazziLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 13 June 2025UIN 43179

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 40390 on Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations of the Sullivan Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender, published on 19 March 2025.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Government has now published the independent review of the data, statistics, and research on sex and gender commissioned by the previous administration.

The Sullivan Review sets out a number of recommendations in relation to the collection of data on sex and gender identity, many of which are already being addressed.

We have been clear that we must deliver safe and holistic care for both adults and children when it comes to gender, and that means accurately recording biological sex, not just for research and insight, but also for patient safety.

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