A question on #Passports #GenderRecognition tabled by Dr Caroline Johnson on 25-03-2025 has been answered by Seema Malhotra.

Heading: Passports: Gender Recognition
Question ID: 1788548
UIN: 41234
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-25
Asking Member ID: 4592
Asking Member display name: Dr Caroline Johnson
Asking Member handle: drcarolinej
Asking Member Twitter reference: @drcarolinej
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an individual without a Gender Recognition Certificate can change the sex displayed on their passport to be different from their sex recorded at birth.
Is named day: true
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Date answered: 2025-03-31
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4253
Answering Member display name: Seema Malhotra
Answering Member handle: SeemaMalhotra1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @SeemaMalhotra1
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Answer text: HM Passport’s Office policy can be found at Gender recognition policy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The policy was last updated under the previous government in April 2024, and has not been changed since.
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Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
Tweeted: true