Correspondence

Annexes

Published 22 September 2020

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England and Wales

Annex A: Summary of campaigns

As noted in Section 3.2, a number of campaigns that were co-ordinated by external groups or individuals were identified in responses to the consultation. Some of these were in the form of template responses, while other responses were directly or indirectly influenced by guidance that had been produced by others.

The analysis team were able to identify 17 different sources of such responses, led by the following organisations/groups and individuals, but there may have been other small-scale campaigns which could not be identified:

• Amnesty International UK
• Christian Concern
• The Christian Institute
• Fair Play for Women
• Gendered Intelligence
• Gender Identity Research & Education Society with Trans Equality Legal Initiative (GIRES-TELI)
• Involve
• Level Up
• LGBT Foundation
• Mermaids
• National Union of Students (NUS)
• Dr Ruth Pearce
• Stonewall
• Trans Allies Network – LGBT Labour
• The Pool
• Unison
• Women’s Place

Due to some respondents only using selected parts of campaign responses, re-writing text, adding additional points, and mixing guidance from multiple campaigns, it was not possible to make an accurate calculation of the number of responses that were influenced by each campaign.

Table A1 sets out a summary of suggested responses to each consultation question for each of these campaigns. The table should be interpreted as follows:

Y – a recommendation to respond “Yes” to this closed-format question

N – a recommendation to respond “No” to this closed-format question

* – suggested text in response to a follow-up, or stand-alone open-format question

Table A1 - Summary of suggested responses to each consultation question, by campaign

Question number

1

2

3

4

5

6a

6b

7

8a

8b

9

10

11

12

13a

13b

13c

13d

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Amnesty International UK

N

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

N*

*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N

Y*

*

Christian Concern

Y*

Y*

Y*

Y*

Y*

Y*

Y*

N*

*

The Christian Institute

Y*

Y*

Y*

Y*

Y*

N*

Y*

Y*

Y*

Y*

Y*

N*

*

Fair Play for Women

Y*

Y*

Y*

Y*

Y*

N

N*

*

Y*

Y*

*

Y*

Y*

Y*

N*

*

Gendered Intelligence

*

*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

N*

*

Y*

*

*

GIRES- TELI

N*

N*

N*

Y*

N

N*

N*

Y*

N*

*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

Y*

*

Involve

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

Y*

*

Level Up

N*

N*

N*

Y*

*

LGBT Foundation

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

N*

*

N*

N*

*

*

*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

Y*

*

Mermaids

*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

Y*

N

*

NUS

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

N*

Y*

*

Dr Ruth Pearce

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

*

Y*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

Y*

*

*

Stonewall

N*

N*

N*

Y*

N*

Y*

N*

*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

Y*

*

Trans Allies Network

N

N

N*

N*

N*

Y*

*

N*

Y*

*

N*

*

N*

N*

*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

N

*

The Pool

N*

N*

N*

Y*

N*

N*

Y*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

Y*

*

Unison

N*

N*

N*

Y*

N*

N*

Y*

N*

*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

N*

Y*

*

Women’s Place

Y*

Y*

N*

Y*

Y*

Y*

N*

N*

*

Y*

Y*

*

*

Y*

Y*

Y*

*

Annex B: Data tables

You can download these data tables in Microsoft Excel or OpenDocument.

Table B1 - Q1(a): If you are a trans person, have you previously applied, or are you currently applying, for a Gender Recognition Certificate?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	1.1%	5.5%	1.0%	5.4%	1.3%	7.4%	0.7%	4.2%	1.0%	6.9%	1.8%	5.9%
No	18.6%	94.5%	16.7%	94.6%	16.5%	92.6%	16.1%	95.8%	13.9%	93.1%	28.4%	94.1%
Not Answered	80.3%	-	82.4%	-	82.2%	-	83.2%	-	85.0%	-	69.9%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	20,220	74,940	13,220	3,270	580	6,580	1,100	780	120	17,260	5,200

Table B2 - Q1(a): If you are a trans person, have you previously applied, or are you currently applying, for a Gender Recognition Certificate?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	1.1%	5.5%	2.8%	10.2%	1.8%	5.7%	-	-	-	-	1.1%	5.3%
No	18.5%	94.5%	24.3%	89.8%	30.5%	94.3%	-	-	-	-	19.2%	94.7%
Not Answered	80.4%	-	72.9%	-	67.7%	-	100.0%	-	100.0%	-	79.7%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	20,040	650	180	37,140	12,000	18,370	-	6,810	-	40,500	8,230

Table B3 - Q1(b): If you have applied, were you successful in obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	52.2%	60.4%	51.4%	59.9%	51.2%	52.4%	50.0%	62.2%	50.0%	57.1%	54.8%	62.5%
Awaiting Decision	24.0%	27.7%	23.0%	26.8%	37.2%	38.1%	23.9%	29.7%	25.0%	28.6%	24.3%	27.7%
No	10.3%	11.9%	11.4%	13.3%	9.3%	9.5%	6.5%	8.1%	12.5%	14.3%	8.5%	9.7%
Not Answered	13.5%	-	14.2%	-	2.3%	-	19.6%	-	12.5%	-	12.5%	-
Number of respondents	1,110	960	710	610	40	40	50	40	*	*	310	270

Table B4 - Q1(b): If you have applied, were you successful in obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate?

Total	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	52.5%	60.5%	38.9%	53.8%	58.2%	66.3%	-	-	-	-	42.8%	50.7%
Awaiting Decision	24.2%	27.9%	11.1%	15.4%	21.3%	24.2%	-	-	-	-	28.2%	33.4%
No	10.1%	11.7%	22.2%	30.8%	8.4%	9.5%	-	-	-	-	13.4%	15.9%
Not Answered	13.2%	-	27.8%	-	12.2%	-	-	-	-	-	15.5%	-
Number of respondents	1,100	950	20	10	680	600	-	-	-	-	430	370

Table B5 - Q3: Do you think there should be a requirement in the future for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	35.5%	35.9%	33.9%	34.2%	40.4%	41.2%	29.4%	29.5%	44.6%	45.0%	43.2%	44.7%
No	63.2%	64.1%	65.1%	65.8%	57.8%	58.8%	70.2%	70.5%	54.6%	55.0%	53.5%	55.3%
Not Answered	1.4%	-	1.0%	-	1.8%	-	0.4%	-	0.8%	-	3.3%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	101,420	74,940	74,200	3,270	3,210	6,580	6,550	780	770	17,260	16,690

Table B6 - Q3: Do you think there should be a requirement in the future for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria?

	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	35.5%	36.0%	23.0%	25.9%	44.9%	46.2%	100.0%	100.0%	4.0%	4.0%	2.8%	2.8%
No	63.2%	64.0%	65.8%	74.1%	52.3%	53.8%	-	-	95.7%	96.0%	96.4%	97.2%
Not Answered	1.3%	-	11.2%	-	2.8%	-	-	-	0.3%	-	0.8%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	100,840	650	580	37,140	36,100	18,370	18,370	6,810	6,790	40,500	40,160

Table B7 - Q4: Do you also think there should be a requirement for a report detailing treatment received?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	15.7%	19.7%	12.4%	15.8%	14.5%	19.8%	6.5%	8.3%	12.5%	18.4%	33.8%	38.0%
No	64.0%	80.3%	65.8%	84.2%	58.7%	80.2%	71.0%	91.7%	55.4%	81.6%	55.0%	62.0%
Not Answered	20.3%	-	21.9%	-	26.8%	-	22.6%	-	32.1%	-	11.2%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	81,900	74,940	58,560	3,270	2,390	6,580	5,090	780	530	17,260	15,330

Table B8 - Q4: Do you also think there should be a requirement for a report detailing treatment received?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	15.6%	19.6%	18.4%	21.9%	40.6%	42.7%	0.0%	100.0%	4.0%	4.0%	1.9%	1.9%
No	64.0%	80.4%	65.5%	78.1%	54.4%	57.3%	-	-	95.7%	96.0%	96.5%	98.1%
Not Answered	20.4%	-	16.1%	-	5.0%	-	100.0%	-	0.3%	-	1.7%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	81,350	650	550	37,140	35,270	18,370	*	6,810	6,790	40,500	39,830

Table B9 - Q5(a): Do you agree that an applicant should have to provide evidence that they have lived in their acquired gender for a period of time before applying?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	17.0%	21.4%	13.8%	17.7%	15.8%	21.7%	8.2%	10.6%	13.0%	19.4%	34.5%	38.9%
No	62.5%	78.6%	64.1%	82.3%	57.1%	78.3%	69.4%	89.4%	54.2%	80.6%	54.0%	61.1%
Not Answered	20.5%	-	22.1%	-	27.1%	-	22.4%	-	32.8%	-	11.5%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	81,700	74,940	58,410	3,270	2,380	6,580	5,100	780	520	17,260	15,280

Table B10 - Q5(a): Do you agree that an applicant should have to provide evidence that they have lived in their acquired gender for a period of time before applying?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	17.0%	21.4%	18.4%	22.3%	41.2%	43.8%	-	-	3.6%	3.6%	4.8%	4.8%
No	62.5%	78.6%	64.0%	77.7%	52.9%	56.2%	-	-	96.0%	96.4%	93.9%	95.2%
Not Answered	20.6%	-	17.6%	-	5.9%	-	100.0%	-	0.5%	-	1.3%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	81,160	650	540	37,140	34,940	18,370	-	6,810	6,780	40,500	39,980

Table B11 - Q5(c): If you answered ‘Yes’ to [Q5(a)], what length of time should an applicant have to provide evidence for?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
2 years or more	58.9%	63.3%	57.3%	62.0%	57.6%	63.0%	46.4%	51.6%	60.4%	64.9%	62.9%	66.7%
1 to 2 years	18.2%	19.6%	17.8%	19.2%	17.4%	19.0%	21.6%	24.1%	16.8%	18.1%	18.7%	19.8%
6 months to 1 year	11.0%	11.8%	11.8%	12.7%	10.4%	11.4%	16.3%	18.1%	12.9%	13.8%	9.2%	9.7%
6 months or less	4.9%	5.3%	5.6%	6.1%	6.0%	6.6%	5.5%	6.2%	3.0%	3.2%	3.6%	3.8%
Not Answered	7.0%	-	7.5%	-	8.5%	-	10.2%	-	6.9%	-	5.6%	-
Number of respondents	17,470	16,250	10,360	9,580	520	470	540	490	100	90	5,950	5,620

Table B12 - Q5(c): If you answered ‘Yes’ to [Q5(a)], what length of time should an applicant have to provide evidence for?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
2 years or more	58.8%	63.3%	70.6%	74.3%	65.3%	68.2%	-	-	-	-	15.8%	19.1%
1 to 2 years	18.3%	19.6%	8.4%	8.8%	17.8%	18.6%	-	-	-	-	23.2%	28.0%
6 months to 1 year	11.0%	11.8%	8.4%	8.8%	9.2%	9.6%	-	-	-	-	27.0%	32.5%
6 months or less	4.9%	5.3%	7.6%	8.0%	3.5%	3.7%	-	-	-	-	16.8%	20.3%
Not Answered	7.0%	-	5.0%	-	4.2%	-	-	-	100.0%	-	17.1%	-
Number of respondents	17,350	16,140	120	110	15,300	14,650	-	-	240	-	1,930	1,600

Table B13 - Q6(a): Do you think this requirement [statutory declaration] should be retained, regardless of what other changes are made to the gender recognition system?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	57.1%	83.5%	56.7%	86.2%	53.0%	86.4%	60.6%	89.0%	52.0%	84.8%	58.7%	72.1%
No	11.3%	16.5%	9.1%	13.8%	8.4%	13.6%	7.5%	11.0%	9.3%	15.2%	22.7%	27.9%
Not Answered	31.6%	-	34.2%	-	38.6%	-	31.8%	-	38.7%	-	18.5%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	70,350	74,940	49,320	3,270	2,010	6,580	4,480	780	480	17,260	14,060

Table B14 - Q6(a): Do you think this requirement [statutory declaration] should be retained, regardless of what other changes are made to the gender recognition system?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	57.2%	83.6%	53.1%	67.6%	63.5%	69.5%	-	-	-	-	86.8%	96.6%
No	11.2%	16.4%	25.4%	32.4%	27.8%	30.5%	-	-	-	-	3.1%	3.4%
Not Answered	31.6%	-	21.4%	-	8.7%	-	100.0%	-	100.0%	-	10.1%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	69,830	650	510	37,140	33,920	18,370	-	6,810	-	40,500	36,420

Table B15 - Q6(b): If you answered yes to [Q6(a)], do you think that the statutory declaration should state that the applicant intends to ‘live permanently in the acquired gender until death’?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	44.6%	47.2%	42.3%	44.9%	47.8%	50.4%	35.1%	37.2%	44.7%	47.4%	57.2%	60.0%
No	49.8%	52.8%	51.9%	55.1%	47.0%	49.6%	59.2%	62.8%	49.6%	52.6%	38.1%	40.0%
Not Answered	5.6%	-	5.8%	-	5.2%	-	5.6%	-	5.7%	-	4.7%	-
Number of respondents	58,760	55,480	42,490	40,040	1,730	1,640	3,990	3,760	400	380	10,140	9,660

Table B16 - Q6(b): If you answered yes to [Q6(a)], do you think that the statutory declaration should state that the applicant intends to ‘live permanently in the acquired gender until death’?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	44.6%	47.2%	43.8%	49.2%	61.5%	64.2%	-	-	-	-	33.2%	35.5%
No	49.9%	52.8%	45.2%	50.8%	34.3%	35.8%	-	-	-	-	60.3%	64.5%
Not Answered	5.5%	-	11.0%	-	4.2%	-	-	-	-	-	6.5%	-
Number of respondents	58,410	55,170	350	310	23,580	22,590	-	-	-	-	35,170	32,890

Table B17 - Q7: The Government is keen to understand more about the spousal consent provisions for married persons in the Gender Recognition Act. Do you agree with the current provisions?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	10.7%	15.1%	8.5%	12.3%	9.8%	15.3%	4.6%	6.5%	8.5%	13.7%	22.9%	28.5%
No	60.0%	84.9%	60.4%	87.7%	54.3%	84.7%	65.9%	93.5%	53.5%	86.3%	57.6%	71.5%
Not Answered	29.3%	-	31.1%	-	35.9%	-	29.5%	-	37.9%	-	19.5%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	72,730	74,940	51,620	3,270	2,090	6,580	4,640	780	480	17,260	13,900

Table B18 - Q7: The Government is keen to understand more about the spousal consent provisions for married persons in the Gender Recognition Act. Do you agree with the current provisions?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	10.7%	15.1%	14.7%	18.3%	28.6%	32.2%	-	-	-	-	0.9%	1.0%
No	60.0%	84.9%	65.7%	81.7%	60.1%	67.8%	-	-	-	-	97.2%	99.0%
Not Answered	29.3%	-	19.6%	-	11.2%	-	100.0%	-	100.0%	-	1.8%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	72,200	650	530	37,140	32,960	18,370	-	6,810	-	40,500	39,770

Table B19 - Q8(a): Do you think the fee should be removed from the process of applying for legal gender recognition?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	23.9%	58.5%	20.9%	60.6%	19.9%	57.9%	18.0%	68.9%	16.3%	56.5%	40.1%	52.9%
No	17.0%	41.5%	13.6%	39.4%	14.5%	42.1%	8.2%	31.1%	12.5%	43.5%	35.7%	47.1%
Not Answered	59.2%	-	65.6%	-	65.6%	-	73.8%	-	71.2%	-	24.2%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	41,970	74,940	25,810	3,270	1,120	6,580	1,720	780	220	17,260	13,090

Table B20 - Q8(a): Do you think the fee should be removed from the process of applying for legal gender recognition?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	23.8%	58.4%	40.4%	63.8%	46.3%	51.6%	-	-	86.2%	86.5%	3.6%	78.7%
No	16.9%	41.6%	23.0%	36.2%	43.4%	48.4%	-	-	13.4%	13.5%	1.0%	21.3%
Not Answered	59.3%	-	36.6%	-	10.3%	-	100.0%	-	0.4%	-	95.4%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	41,560	650	410	37,140	33,320	18,370	-	6,810	6,790	40,500	1,870

Table B21 - Q8(b): If you answered no to [Q8(a)], do you think the fee should be reduced?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	31.1%	35.3%	31.8%	36.8%	30.7%	35.1%	35.3%	41.4%	22.7%	25.6%	29.7%	32.8%
No	56.9%	64.7%	54.7%	63.2%	56.7%	64.9%	49.8%	58.6%	66.0%	74.4%	60.9%	67.2%
Not Answered	12.1%	-	13.5%	-	12.7%	-	14.9%	-	11.3%	-	9.4%	-
Number of respondents	17,430	15,330	10,160	8,790	470	410	540	460	100	90	6,170	5,590

Table B22 - Q8(b): If you answered no to [Q8(a)], do you think the fee should be reduced?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	31.0%	35.2%	42.0%	47.0%	31.5%	34.0%	-	-	-	-	84.6%	88.9%
No	56.9%	64.8%	47.3%	53.0%	61.2%	66.0%	-	-	-	-	10.6%	11.1%
Not Answered	12.1%	-	10.7%	-	7.3%	-	-	-	100.0%	-	4.8%	-
Number of respondents	17,280	15,200	150	130	16,120	14,950	-	-	910	-	400	380

Table B23 - Q9: Do you think the privacy and disclosure of information provisions in section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act are adequate?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	12.0%	26.6%	9.3%	22.6%	10.5%	22.6%	6.8%	18.7%	8.4%	16.3%	26.5%	40.1%
No	33.1%	73.4%	31.7%	77.4%	36.1%	77.4%	29.7%	81.3%	43.0%	83.7%	39.6%	59.9%
Not Answered	54.8%	-	59.0%	-	53.3%	-	63.5%	-	48.6%	-	33.9%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	46,460	74,940	30,720	3,270	1,530	6,580	2,400	780	400	17,260	11,420

Table B24 - Q9: Do you think the privacy and disclosure of information provisions in section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act are adequate?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	12.0%	26.6%	16.8%	29.5%	32.9%	44.3%	-	-	-	-	0.4%	32.6%
No	33.1%	73.4%	40.3%	70.5%	41.4%	55.7%	100.0%	100.0%	-	-	0.8%	67.4%
Not Answered	54.9%	-	42.9%	-	25.7%	-	0.0%	-	100.0%	-	98.8%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	46,080	650	370	37,140	27,590	18,370	18,360	6,810	-	40,500	500

Table B25 - Q10: If you are someone who has, or would want to undergo legal gender transition, and you have one or more of the protected characteristics, which protected characteristics apply to you?

	All respondents Total	England Total	Wales Total	Scotland Total	Northern Ireland Total	Other/Uncategorisable Total
Age	4.7%	4.5%	4.8%	4.1%	3.5%	5.8%
Disability	3.2%	2.6%	3.1%	2.6%	3.5%	6.0%
Gender reassignment	4.1%	3.4%	3.6%	2.9%	3.0%	7.8%
Marriage	1.3%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%	2.7%
Pregnancy	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	1.0%
Race	1.0%	0.8%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	2.3%
Religion	1.3%	1.0%	1.1%	0.7%	0.8%	3.0%
Sex	3.2%	2.4%	2.6%	1.8%	2.2%	7.1%
Sexual orientation	5.1%	3.9%	4.4%	3.1%	3.7%	10.9%
Number of respondents	102,820	74,940	3,270	6,580	780	17,260

Table B26 - Q10: If you are someone who has, or would want to undergo legal gender transition, and you have one or more of the protected characteristics, which protected characteristics apply to you?

	Individual Total	Response type Organisational Total	Official Government Channels Total	Fair Play for Women Total	Level Up Total	Stonewall Total
Age	4.7%	8.1%	5.5%	-	-	6.9%
Disability	3.2%	5.4%	6.4%	-	-	2.2%
Gender reassignment	4.1%	7.4%	9.0%	-	-	2.1%
Marriage	1.2%	4.3%	3.1%	-	-	0.4%
Pregnancy	0.4%	2.1%	1.0%	-	-	0.1%
Race	1.0%	3.8%	2.4%	-	-	0.3%
Religion	1.3%	5.2%	3.6%	-	-	0.1%
Sex	3.2%	6.7%	8.2%	-	-	0.6%
Sexual orientation	5.0%	8.4%	12.7%	-	-	1.2%
Number of respondents	102,170	650	37,140	18,370	6,810	40,500

Table B27 - Q12: Do you think that the participation of trans people in sport, as governed by the Equality Act 2010, will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	33.4%	71.7%	31.5%	75.1%	36.6%	77.4%	29.0%	78.0%	43.0%	85.6%	41.8%	60.4%
No	13.2%	28.3%	10.5%	24.9%	10.7%	22.6%	8.2%	22.0%	7.2%	14.4%	27.4%	39.6%
Not Answered	53.5%	-	58.0%	-	52.7%	-	62.8%	-	49.8%	-	30.8%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	47,830	74,940	31,500	3,270	1,550	6,580	2,450	780	390	17,260	11,950

Table B28 - Q12: Do you think that the participation of trans people in sport, as governed by the Equality Act 2010, will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	33.4%	71.9%	22.5%	43.0%	42.5%	54.6%	100.0%	100.0%	-	-	0.4%	27.6%
No	13.1%	28.1%	29.9%	57.0%	35.3%	45.4%	-	-	-	-	1.0%	72.4%
Not Answered	53.5%	-	47.6%	-	22.3%	-	-	-	100.0%	-	98.6%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	47,490	650	340	37,140	28,880	18,370	18,370	6,810	-	40,500	590

Table B29 - Q13(a): Do you think that the operation of the single-sex and separate-sex service exceptions in relation to gender reassignment in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	33.5%	39.8%	32.0%	37.8%	38.6%	45.5%	28.9%	32.7%	42.7%	49.1%	40.4%	50.3%
No	50.6%	60.2%	52.6%	62.2%	46.3%	54.5%	59.5%	67.3%	44.3%	50.9%	39.9%	49.7%
Not Answered	15.8%	-	15.4%	-	15.0%	-	11.6%	-	13.0%	-	19.7%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	86,540	74,940	63,410	3,270	2,780	6,580	5,810	780	670	17,260	13,870

Table B30 - Q13(a): Do you think that the operation of the single-sex and separate-sex service exceptions in relation to gender reassignment in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	33.6%	39.9%	20.7%	27.3%	41.3%	50.6%	100.0%	100.0%	-	-	1.9%	2.0%
No	50.6%	60.1%	55.0%	72.7%	40.4%	49.4%	-	-	-	-	91.5%	98.0%
Not Answered	15.8%	-	24.3%	-	18.3%	-	-	-	100.0%	-	6.6%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	86,040	650	490	37,140	30,340	18,370	18,370	6,810	-	40,500	37,830

Table B31 - Q13(b): If you provide a single or separate sex service, do you feel confident in interpreting the Equality Act 2010 with regard to these exemptions?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	3.7%	43.5%	3.4%	44.9%	3.3%	43.4%	3.4%	47.1%	3.2%	45.5%	5.1%	39.2%
No	4.8%	56.5%	4.2%	55.1%	4.3%	56.6%	3.8%	52.9%	3.9%	54.5%	8.0%	60.8%
Not Answered	91.5%	-	92.4%	-	92.3%	-	92.7%	-	92.9%	-	86.9%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	8,770	74,940	5,730	3,270	250	6,580	480	780	60	17,260	2,260

Table B32 - Q13(b): If you provide a single or separate sex service, do you feel confident in interpreting the Equality Act 2010 with regard to these exemptions?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	3.7%	43.3%	11.5%	60.0%	5.5%	41.0%	-	-	-	-	4.4%	46.8%
No	4.8%	56.7%	7.7%	40.0%	7.9%	59.0%	-	-	-	-	5.0%	53.2%
Not Answered	91.5%	-	80.9%	-	86.7%	-	100.0%	-	100.0%	-	90.6%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	8,650	650	130	37,140	4,960	18,370	-	6,810	-	40,500	3,820

Table B33 - Q13(c): If you are a trans person who has experienced domestic abuse or sexual assault, were you able to access support?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	0.8%	24.6%	0.6%	23.7%	0.9%	27.6%	0.7%	24.2%	0.4%	16.7%	1.3%	26.7%
No	2.3%	75.4%	2.0%	76.3%	2.3%	72.4%	2.1%	75.8%	1.9%	83.3%	3.7%	73.3%
Not Answered	96.9%	-	97.4%	-	96.8%	-	97.2%	-	97.7%	-	94.9%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	3,170	74,940	1,980	3,270	110	6,580	190	780	20	17,260	870

Table B34 - Q13(c): If you are a trans person who has experienced domestic abuse or sexual assault, were you able to access support?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	0.8%	24.6%	1.4%	28.1%	1.3%	27.5%	-	-	-	-	0.7%	20.8%
No	2.3%	75.4%	3.5%	71.9%	3.5%	72.5%	-	-	-	-	2.7%	79.2%
Not Answered	96.9%	-	95.1%	-	95.1%	-	100.0%	-	100.0%	-	96.6%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	3,130	650	30	37,140	1,810	18,370	0	6,810	0	40,500	1,360

Table B35 - Q13(d): If you answered ‘yes’ to [Q13(c)], was this support adequate?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	33.8%	61.4%	26.7%	56.1%	27.6%	57.1%	20.0%	50.0%	66.7%	100.0%	51.1%	69.6%
No	21.2%	38.6%	20.9%	43.9%	20.7%	42.9%	20.0%	50.0%	-	0.0%	22.3%	30.4%
Not Answered	45.1%	-	52.5%	-	51.7%	-	60.0%	-	33.3%	-	26.6%	-
Number of respondents	780	430	470	220	30	10	50	20	*	*	230	170

Table B36 - Q13(d): If you answered ‘yes’ to [Q13(c)], was this support adequate?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	33.5%	61.3%	55.6%	71.4%	52.9%	61.4%	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-
No	21.2%	38.7%	22.2%	28.6%	33.2%	38.6%	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-
Not Answered	45.3%	-	22.2%	-	13.9%	-	-	-	-	-	100.0%	-
Number of respondents	770	420	*	*	500	430	-	-	-	-	280	-

Table B37 - Q14: Do you think that the operation of the occupational requirement exception in relation to gender reassignment in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	30.5%	68.4%	29.2%	71.9%	34.9%	76.0%	27.9%	76.7%	39.9%	83.7%	35.6%	55.2%
No	14.1%	31.6%	11.4%	28.1%	11.0%	24.0%	8.4%	23.3%	7.7%	16.3%	28.9%	44.8%
Not Answered	55.4%	-	59.4%	-	54.2%	-	63.7%	-	52.4%	-	35.5%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	45,840	74,940	30,450	3,270	1,500	6,580	2,390	780	370	17,260	11,140

Table B38 - Q14: Do you think that the operation of the occupational requirement exception in relation to gender reassignment in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	30.6%	68.6%	18.5%	34.3%	34.8%	47.7%	100.0%	100.0%	-	-	0.2%	14.3%
No	14.0%	31.4%	35.5%	65.7%	38.1%	52.3%	-	-	-	-	0.9%	85.7%
Not Answered	55.5%	-	45.9%	-	27.2%	-	-	-	100.0%	-	98.9%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	45,490	650	350	37,140	27,050	18,370	18,370	6,810	-	40,500	430

Table B39 - Q15: Do you think that the operation of the communal accommodation exception in relation to gender reassignment in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	31.8%	69.2%	30.4%	72.7%	36.4%	77.3%	28.1%	76.7%	42.2%	86.3%	38.2%	56.6%
No	14.2%	30.8%	11.4%	27.3%	10.7%	22.7%	8.5%	23.3%	6.7%	13.7%	29.3%	43.4%
Not Answered	54.0%	-	58.2%	-	52.8%	-	63.4%	-	51.1%	-	32.5%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	47,260	74,940	31,290	3,270	1,540	6,580	2,400	780	380	17,260	11,650

Table B40 - Q15: Do you think that the operation of the communal accommodation exception in relation to gender reassignment in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	31.9%	69.5%	18.1%	33.9%	38.4%	50.2%	100.0%	100.0%	-	-	0.2%	16.2%
No	14.0%	30.5%	35.2%	66.1%	38.2%	49.8%	-	-	-	-	0.9%	83.8%
Not Answered	54.1%	-	46.7%	-	23.4%	-	-	-	100.0%	-	98.9%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	46,910	650	350	37,140	28,460	18,370	18,370	6,810	-	40,500	440

Table B41 - Q16: Do you think that the operation of the armed forces exception as it relates to trans people in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	6.0%	25.0%	4.4%	23.3%	4.7%	24.8%	3.1%	22.8%	4.4%	29.6%	14.8%	27.9%
No	18.1%	75.0%	14.3%	76.7%	14.4%	75.2%	10.4%	77.2%	10.5%	70.4%	38.2%	72.1%
Not Answered	75.9%	-	81.3%	-	80.9%	-	86.5%	-	85.2%	-	47.0%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	24,800	74,940	14,020	3,270	630	6,580	890	780	120	17,260	9,150

Table B42 - Q16: Do you think that the operation of the armed forces exception as it relates to trans people in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	6.0%	25.1%	6.6%	15.6%	16.6%	25.3%	-	-	-	-	0.1%	10.4%
No	18.0%	74.9%	35.7%	84.4%	49.1%	74.7%	-	-	-	-	0.9%	89.6%
Not Answered	76.0%	-	57.7%	-	34.3%	-	100.0%	-	100.0%	-	99.0%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	24,520	650	280	37,140	24,390	18,370	-	6,810	-	40,500	410

Table B43 - Q17: Do you think that the operation of the marriage exception as it relates to trans people in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	11.4%	47.8%	8.7%	47.2%	10.6%	53.2%	5.8%	43.2%	8.0%	53.0%	25.2%	48.8%
No	12.4%	52.2%	9.8%	52.8%	9.3%	46.8%	7.6%	56.8%	7.1%	47.0%	26.4%	51.2%
Not Answered	76.2%	-	81.5%	-	80.2%	-	86.7%	-	84.9%	-	48.4%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	24,430	74,940	13,870	3,270	650	6,580	880	780	120	17,260	8,920

Table B44 - Q17: Do you think that the operation of the marriage exception as it relates to trans people in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	11.3%	48.0%	16.8%	37.0%	31.2%	48.1%	-	-	-	-	0.3%	28.6%
No	12.3%	52.0%	28.6%	63.0%	33.6%	51.9%	-	-	-	-	0.6%	71.4%
Not Answered	76.4%	-	54.5%	-	35.2%	-	100.0%	-	100.0%	-	99.1%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	24,130	650	300	37,140	24,060	18,370	-	6,810	-	40,500	370

Table B45 - Q18: Do you think that the operation of the insurance exception as it relates to trans people in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	5.1%	23.2%	3.7%	21.3%	4.0%	23.5%	2.7%	21.5%	3.2%	23.1%	12.7%	26.3%
No	17.0%	76.8%	13.5%	78.7%	13.2%	76.5%	10.0%	78.5%	10.7%	76.9%	35.5%	73.7%
Not Answered	77.9%	-	82.8%	-	82.8%	-	87.3%	-	86.1%	-	51.8%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	22,720	74,940	12,880	3,270	560	6,580	830	780	110	17,260	8,330

Table B46 - Q18: Do you think that the operation of the insurance exception as it relates to trans people in the Equality Act 2010 will be affected by changing the Gender Recognition Act?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	5.1%	23.4%	4.7%	12.1%	14.1%	23.4%	-	-	-	-	0.1%	8.9%
No	16.8%	76.6%	34.6%	87.9%	46.2%	76.6%	-	-	-	-	0.7%	91.1%
Not Answered	78.0%	-	60.6%	-	39.7%	-	100.0%	-	100.0%	-	99.2%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	22,460	650	260	37,140	22,400	18,370	-	6,810	-	40,500	320

Table B47 - Q19: Do you think that changes to the Gender Recognition Act will impact on areas of law and public services other than the Equality Act 2010?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	34.1%	77.1%	32.2%	80.0%	38.1%	83.3%	29.3%	82.1%	42.1%	87.6%	43.0%	66.9%
No	10.2%	22.9%	8.1%	20.0%	7.6%	16.7%	6.4%	17.9%	5.9%	12.4%	21.3%	33.1%
Not Answered	55.8%	-	59.7%	-	54.3%	-	64.3%	-	52.0%	-	35.7%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	45,480	74,940	30,170	3,270	1,490	6,580	2,350	780	370	17,260	11,100

Table B48 - Q19: Do you think that changes to the Gender Recognition Act will impact on areas of law and public services other than the Equality Act 2010?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	34.1%	77.2%	28.2%	54.6%	44.5%	61.9%	100.0%	100.0%	-	-	0.4%	35.9%
No	10.1%	22.8%	23.4%	45.4%	27.4%	38.1%	-	-	-	-	0.6%	64.1%
Not Answered	55.8%	-	48.4%	-	28.0%	-	-	-	100.0%	-	99.0%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	45,150	650	340	37,140	26,720	18,370	18,370	6,810	-	40,500	400

Table B49 - Q20: Do you think that there need to be changes to the Gender Recognition Act to accommodate individuals who identify as non-binary?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	58.2%	64.7%	58.9%	65.6%	52.7%	58.8%	64.8%	70.3%	51.6%	55.0%	54.5%	60.3%
No	31.7%	35.3%	30.8%	34.4%	37.0%	41.2%	27.3%	29.7%	42.2%	45.0%	35.8%	39.7%
Not Answered	10.0%	-	10.3%	-	10.3%	-	7.9%	-	6.2%	-	9.7%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	92,520	74,940	67,220	3,270	2,930	6,580	6,050	780	730	17,260	15,590

Table B50 - Q20: Do you think that there need to be changes to the Gender Recognition Act to accommodate individuals who identify as non-binary?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	58.2%	64.7%	65.7%	76.3%	57.3%	61.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	95.3%	97.9%
No	31.8%	35.3%	20.4%	23.7%	36.2%	38.7%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	-	2.1%	2.1%
Not Answered	10.0%	-	13.9%	-	6.5%	-	0.0%	-	100.0%	-	2.6%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	91,960	650	560	37,140	34,720	18,370	18,360	6,810	-	40,500	39,440

Table B51 - Q21(a): Do you have a variation in your sex characteristics?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	0.9%	2.8%	0.7%	2.7%	0.8%	3.1%	0.8%	3.0%	0.9%	3.5%	1.4%	2.8%
No	30.2%	97.2%	26.7%	97.3%	25.4%	96.9%	25.4%	97.0%	24.9%	96.5%	48.3%	97.2%
Not Answered	69.0%	-	72.6%	-	73.7%	-	73.8%	-	74.2%	-	50.3%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	31,920	74,940	20,560	3,270	860	6,580	1,720	780	200	17,260	8,580

Table B52 - Q21(a): Do you have a variation in your sex characteristics?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	0.9%	2.7%	2.0%	6.5%	1.3%	2.3%	-	-	-	-	1.0%	3.7%
No	30.2%	97.3%	28.6%	93.5%	56.5%	97.7%	-	-	-	-	24.9%	96.3%
Not Answered	68.9%	-	69.4%	-	42.2%	-	100.0%	-	100.0%	-	74.2%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	31,720	650	200	37,140	21,460	18,370	-	6,810	-	40,500	10,460

Table B53 - Q22: Do you have any further comments about the Gender Recognition Act 2004?

	All respondents: Total	All respondents: Valid	England: Total	England: Valid	Wales: Total	Wales: Valid	Scotland: Total	Scotland: Valid	Northern Ireland: Total	Northern Ireland: Valid	Other or uncategorisable: Total	Other or uncategorisable: Valid
Yes	41.6%	76.1%	40.9%	80.0%	46.8%	81.9%	35.4%	81.8%	46.2%	83.6%	46.1%	62.0%
No	13.1%	23.9%	10.2%	20.0%	10.4%	18.1%	7.9%	18.2%	9.0%	16.4%	28.3%	38.0%
Not Answered	45.3%	-	48.9%	-	42.8%	-	56.7%	-	44.8%	-	25.6%	-
Number of respondents	102,820	56,250	74,940	38,260	3,270	1,870	6,580	2,850	780	430	17,260	12,840

Table B54 - Q22: Do you have any further comments about the Gender Recognition Act 2004?

Response type	Individual responses: Total	Individual responses: Valid	Organisational responses: Total	Organisational responses: Valid	Source – Official government channels: Total	Source – Official government channels: Valid	Source – Fair Play for Women: Total	Source – Fair Play for Women: Valid	Source – Level Up: Total	Source – Level Up: Valid	Source – Stonewall: Total	Source – Stonewall: Valid
Yes	41.6%	76.1%	46.4%	69.0%	46.8%	56.8%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.5%	47.5%
No	13.0%	23.9%	20.8%	31.0%	35.6%	43.2%	-	-	-	-	0.6%	52.5%
Not Answered	45.4%	-	32.8%	-	17.6%	-	-	-	-	-	98.8%	-
Number of respondents	102,170	55,820	650	440	37,140	30,610	18,370	18,370	6,810	6,810	40,500	470

Annex C: Glossary

The Government is aware that the terminology used in relation to the recognition of people’s gender identity may depend on the context of its use. Some people may define some terms differently than we have done. In the consultation on the GRA, we have tried to use terminology that is generally accepted. No offence or omission is intended. Please find below the definitions we have used.

Acquired gender

The Gender Recognition Act 2004 describes this as the gender in which an applicant is living and seeking legal recognition. It is different from the sex recorded at birth and is instead, the gender the individual identifies with. It could be man or woman. While some people prefer to use “experienced” or “confirmed” gender rather than acquired gender, “acquired” is used in this document due to its specific use in the Gender Recognition Act.

Equality Act 2010

An Act of Parliament that brought together a wide range of prior discrimination law and introduced several new provisions to further strengthen equality law. Amongst other things the Act places a duty on public bodies to have due regard to equalities considerations when developing policy and it sets out a number of “protected characteristics” and prohibits discrimination on the basis of those characteristics. One of these, “gender reassignment”, affects trans people.

Full Gender Recognition Certificate

As distinct from an interim Gender Recognition Certificate. A full certificate shows that the holder has satisfied the criteria for legal recognition in their acquired gender, as set out in the Gender Recognition Act 2004. From the date of issue, the holder’s gender becomes the acquired gender for all purposes. Full certificates also entitle the individual to a new birth certificate issued with an updated sex marker.

Gender

Often expressed in terms of masculinity and femininity, gender refers to socially constructed characteristics, and is often assumed from the sex people are registered as at birth.

Gender identity

A person’s internal sense of their own gender. This does not have to be man or woman. It could be, for example, non-binary.

Gender dysphoria

A medical diagnosis that someone is experiencing discomfort or distress because there is a mismatch between their sex and their gender identity. This is sometimes known as gender identity disorder or transsexualism.

Gender presentation / Gender expression

A person’s outward expression of their gender. This may differ from their gender identity or it may reflect it.

Gender reassignment

A protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. A person “has the protected characteristic of gender reassignment if the person is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process (or part of a process) for the purpose of reassigning the person’s sex by changing physiological or other attributes of sex.” Subject to certain exceptions, the Equality Act 2010 prohibits discrimination because of gender reassignment, for example in employment or in the provision of services. This includes treating employees or service users less favourably because of a mistaken belief that the person is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone the process of reassigning their gender.

Gender Recognition Act 2004

An Act of Parliament that allows transgender people to gain legal recognition of their acquired gender, so long as that gender is a man or woman. Applications for legal recognition made under the Act are determined by a Gender Recognition Panel which applies the evidential requirements set out in the Act. Following legal recognition, an individual is entitled to a new birth certificate issued in the acquired gender and in law the person’s gender becomes the acquired gender for all purposes.^{[footnote 1]}

Gender Recognition Panel

A panel of medical and legal members, administered by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service. The panel deals with all applications for legal gender recognition under the Gender Recognition Act 2004. If the applicant applies successfully then the Panel will issue a full or an interim Gender Recognition Certificate. Applicants do not meet the Panel in person as applications are paper based.

Interim Gender Recognition Certificate

As distinct from a full Gender Recognition Certificate. Interim certificates are issued to applicants that meet the criteria for legal recognition of their acquired gender as set out in the Gender Recognition Act 2004 but who need to end their marriage or civil partnership before a full certificate can be granted. The interim certificate can be used to enable the applicant or their spouse to end their marriage or civil partnership but has no legal significance or purpose beyond this.

Intersex

An umbrella term for people with sex characteristics (hormones, chromosomes and external/internal reproductive organs) that differ to those typically expected of a male or female. Intersex people may identify as male, female, non-binary, or intersex.

Legal recognition

In the context of gender this means that the person is recognised as being of his or her acquired gender, as opposed to the sex that was registered on that person’s birth record when they were born.

Non-binary gender

An umbrella term for a person who identifies as in some way outside of the man-woman gender binary. They may regard themselves as neither exclusively a man nor a woman, or as both, or take another approach to gender entirely. Different people may use different words to describe their individual gender identity, such as genderfluid, agender or genderqueer.

Sex

Assigned by medical practitioners at birth based on physical characteristics. Sex can be either male or female.

Single or same sex services exception

These are terms used in relation to the Equality Act 2010, specifically paragraph 28 of Schedule 3. This paragraph allows service providers who are providing a service to men or women only, or providing services separately or differently to men and women, to act in a way that would otherwise be unlawful gender reassignment discrimination, if this is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. This might allow, for example, a domestic violence refuge for women to refuse entry to a trans person, provided it is proportionate to do so and the purpose is legitimate.

Transgender or trans

Umbrella terms used to describe individuals who have a gender identity that is different to the sex recorded at birth. Non-binary people may or may not consider themselves to be trans. This consultation document primarily uses “trans”.

1. Subject to specific exceptions set out in the GRA 2004 and the Equality Act 2010. ↩