Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 46957

Sports: Transgender People

Tabled: 22 April 2025

Answered: 30 April 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is on the participation of trans women in elite-level women’s sport in the UK in events sanctioned by an international sporting body that allows trans women to compet

Answer

Stephanie Peacock

We have always been clear that, when it comes to women's sport, biology matters. We will continue to support sports to develop policies that protect fairness and safety, particularly when it is not possible to balance those factors with inclusion. In term...

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