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Schools: Transgender People

Question for Department for Education

UIN 197910, tabled on 5 September 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings she has had with which LGBT+ organisations on transgender guidance for schools in the last 12 months.

Answered on

29 September 2023

The Secretary of State has not met any lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organisations directly to discuss the guidance, but the Department is keen to consider the full range of views and will be undertaking a public consultation on the draft guidance prior to publication.

During the consultation period, the Department plans to engage with a range of interested organisations, including organisations that support the LGBT community.

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