Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 97475

Puberty Suppressing Hormones

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025

Question

Sarah Pochin

Reform UKRuncorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of puberty suppression on levels of likelihood of progression to cross sex hormones.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Cass Review recommended that there is a need to build a more robust evidence base for the use of puberty suppressing hormones as a response to gender dysphoria in childhood, through a carefully considered research programme. The PATHWAYS Trial Study h...

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