Government Urged to Ensure Police and NHS Record Biological Sex

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The NHS and police forces in the UK have been urged to collect data on biological sex rather than solely relying on self-declared gender identity, following an independent review commissioned under Rishi Sunak’s leadership. Currently, many public bodies record only an individual’s gender identity, meaning biological men who identify as women are officially listed as female.

 

Critics argue that this practice undermines research into women’s issues and hinders the ability to identify trends in rape cases, medical studies, and gender pay disparities. The review has concluded that public bodies must not conflate sex and gender identity in their data collection. However, the government has not yet confirmed whether it will implement these recommendations.

 

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has previously altered his stance on gender issues, stating in 2023 that “99.9 per cent of women haven’t got a penis” before later acknowledging “the biology” of “men having penises and women having vaginas.”

 

Professor Alice Sullivan from the Social Research Institute at University College London, who led the review, emphasized that public bodies should record individuals' biological sex and, where applicable, separately note their gender identity. She warned that the increasing tendency to treat gender identity as interchangeable with sex has made public records unstable, posing risks to individuals, especially minors.

 

The report highlighted an urgent need for the NHS to stop assigning new identification numbers based on self-declared gender identity, as this could lead to patients being invited to incorrect medical screenings. It also called on the Home Secretary to mandate all 43 police forces in England and Wales, along with the British Transport Police, to record sex rather than gender identity.

 

Professor Sullivan argued that those possessing a Gender Recognition Certificate should be recorded according to their biological sex rather than their legal sex. She also recommended that official forms should avoid the phrase “sex assigned at birth,” stating that sex is determined at conception.

 

Speaking to The Telegraph, Professor Sullivan described the conflation of sex and gender identity across public bodies as “systematic.” She said,

 

“There seems to be a legal fiction that public bodies cannot collect data on sex. This report should show them that they can collect data on sex.”

The report follows previous concerns about the recording of gender identity in official statistics. In 2021, the Office for National Statistics had to revise its data after a flawed wording in the census led to an overestimation of the number of transgender individuals in the UK.

 

Professor Sullivan’s findings indicated that administrative and survey data in the health and justice sectors have become unreliable due to shifting definitions of gender over the past decade. She explained, “In some cases, the loss of data on sex poses risks to individuals. This is particularly apparent within health and social care. The risks are especially high in the case of minors.”

 

She also found that organizations were frequently merging data on sex and gender identity. For example, rape crisis centres in Scotland used a data management system allowing multiple gender options for both victims and perpetrators, including male, female, intersex, genderqueer, and other categories.

 

The report urged a clear distinction between biological sex and gender identity, recommending that the term “gender” be avoided altogether due to its multiple interpretations. Professor Sullivan explained that while some use it as a synonym for biological sex, others see it as referring to personal identity.

 

Furthermore, the report emphasized that government departments should foster open discussions on sex and gender rather than silencing those with gender-critical views who emphasize the importance of biological sex. Explaining why people with a Gender Recognition Certificate should still be categorized based on their biological sex, she stated, “Sex as a biological category is constant across time and across jurisdictions, whereas the concept of ‘legal sex’ subject to a GRC may be subject to change in the future and varies across jurisdictions. Using natal sex future-proofs data collection against any such change, ensuring consistency.”

 

The review, commissioned by former Conservative science secretary Michelle Donelan, was quietly published on the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s website.

 

Maya Forstater, chief executive of women’s rights charity Sex Matters, described the review’s conclusions as “devastatingly clear” in outlining the damage caused by the mismanagement of sex data. She said, “This review is devastatingly clear about the harms caused by carelessness with sex data and a decade-long failure of the civil service to maintain impartiality and uphold data standards.”

 

She argued that the loss of reliable sex data has caused real harm, impacting individuals and research while undermining the integrity of policy-making. “The destruction of data about sex has caused real harm to individuals and research and undermined the integrity of policy-making. The problems are everywhere, from NHS records that do not record biological sex to police forces that record male sex offenders as women. Conflating sex and gender identity is not a harmless act of kindness but a damaging dereliction of duty,” she said.

 

Forstater further criticized bureaucrats for allowing data standards to deteriorate, attributing the situation to officials seeking recognition from advocacy groups like Stonewall. “These corrupted data standards have been set by bureaucrats insulated from the impact of their decisions, and competing for Stonewall awards,” she said.

 

She concluded that the government should act quickly to adopt the review’s recommendations. “The Government should swiftly implement the recommendations of the Sullivan Review in order to restore administrative integrity in every place the state collects data on the sex of its citizens.”

 

Based on a report by The Telegraph  2025-03-21

 

 

[thesetat]

The world needs to stop being "woke" and wake up to realize that this is not a physical issue. It is a mental one. 

Just ask Bob. He knows.. 

 

A shemale a day keeps the doctor away.

Robert_Smith

 

Just because they are shemales or ladyboys or tomboys does not change their physical attributes. So it is a mental problem that they try to fix by changing themselves physically. 

[JonnyF]

Of course biological sex needs to be recorded.

 

Otherwise all the mentally ill "trans women" committing horrible often violent and sexually motivated crimes will send the stats for female offenders through the roof. 

[blazes]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

She also recommended that official forms should avoid the phrase “sex assigned at birth,” stating that sex is determined at conception.

 

I've noticed that many American hospital websites insert the phrase "sex assigned at birth".  Who are the woke administrators who meekly toe this ideological line.....

But Trump's male/female declaration on this issue should eradicate this travesty of science.

[LukKrueng]

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Of course biological sex needs to be recorded.

 

Otherwise all the mentally ill "trans women" committing horrible often violent and sexually motivated crimes will send the stats for female offenders through the roof. 

On the positive side it will improve the stats for males...

[rough diamond]

3 hours ago, blazes said:

I've noticed that many American hospital websites insert the phrase "sex assigned at birth".

What sex is there other than the one you were born with?