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Gender: Databases

Asked by Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)Cabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 April 2026UIN 116088

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Sullivan Review’s recommendation that data on biological sex should be collected as the default and distinct from gender identity, what formal guidance and harmonised data standards the UK Statis

Answered by Satvir Kaur

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 25th February is attached.

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