Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2022 to Question 13051 on Gender Recognition: West Yorkshire, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the functioning of the pilot gender identity clinics and new services models; if he will publish the evaluation of the pilots; whether clinical capacity has increased; and if he will make a statement.

No specific assessment has been made. Four pilot gender identity services, commissioned by the National Health Service are now operational in London, Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside and the East of England, with a further clinic opening in Sussex in the coming months. The programme's evaluation is expected to conclude in 2025/26. There are no current plans to publish any evaluation material until this process has completed. These new services have increased clinical capacity and are prioritising patients who are already on the waiting list for existing NHS-commissioned Gender Dysphoria Clinics.