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Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Clinical Trials

Asked by Bob BlackmanConservativeWomen and EqualitiesTabled Answered 10 December 2025UIN 906828

The question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential equality impacts of the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The government is committed to supporting research that delivers robust, evidence-based understanding of gender incongruence issues, especially for children and young people.

The PATHWAYS trial research protocol has rightly undergone a thorough independent review and has received all regulatory and ethical approvals.

The published protocol sets out how the researchers will collect relevant demographic information, including sex at birth, ethnicity, and country of birth.

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