Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 71235

Disaster Relief and Emergencies: Equality

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 63336 on Disaster Relief and Emergencies: Equality, for what reason sex and gender are collated as separate indicators.

Answer

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Sex and gender reassignment are distinct protected characteristics and, as such, data relating to these characteristics may be collated separately.