Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 45762

Pupils: Girls

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department plans to provide to schools on ensuring that biological girls have access to female-only (a) spaces, (b) sports and (c) facilities.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

Single-sex spaces based on biological sex are protected in law and will always be protected by this government.The department is currently reviewing the draft non-statutory guidance for schools and colleges on gender questioning children, in addition to r...

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