United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 86802
Maternity Services: Sex
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30 October 2025
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24 November 2025 · Answer
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24 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of not referencing biological sexes in some maternity care guidance on the safeguarding of patients.
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30 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of not referencing biological sexes in some maternity care guidance on the safeguarding of patients.
Source: Commons
24 November 2025
Answer
The Department’s longstanding position is that health information should be as clear as possible and language should be used that appropriately reflects sex as defined in the Equality Act 2010.National maternity guidance and key documents, such as the Thr...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-30/86802
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1846820
- uk · wq-1846820 · source updated 24 November 2025