| Heading: |
Passports: Gender |
| Question ID: |
1807063 |
| UIN: |
55474 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4634 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Christine Jardine
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| Asking Member handle: |
CajardineMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@CajardineMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will take legislative steps to introduce a gender-neutral marker on passports. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4253 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Seema Malhotra
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| Answering Member handle: |
SeemaMalhotra1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SeemaMalhotra1
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| Answer text: |
The purpose of identity documents, including passports, is to verify a person’s identity and confirm they are the rightful holder of the document.Current policy is that only ‘male’ and ‘female’ sexes are recognised for official purposes under UK law, whic... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |