Gender Recognition: Health Services
(asked on 9th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England has spent on gender identification services in each of the last five years.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The following table outlines the total NHS England expenditure on gender identity services in each of the last five years. It provides a break down by services provided to children and adolescents versus services provided to adults.
Year | Gender identity development service for children & adolescents (£m) | Gender identity services for adults (£m) | Total (£m) |
2021/22 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
2020/21 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
2019/20 | 8.0 | 26.4 | 34.4 |
2018/19 | 6.1 | 25.5 | 31.6 |
2017/18 | 6.8 | 21.6 | 28.4 |
The total expenditure for 2020/21 or 2021/22 is not held due to the financial arrangements that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.