Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 116088

Gender: Databases

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 9 April 2026

Question

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op)Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Sullivan Review’s recommendation that data on biological sex should be collected as the default and distinct from gender identity, what formal guidance and harmonised data standards the UK Statis

Answer

Satvir Kaur
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 25th February is attached.