These quarterly bulletins are released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Introduction

This quarterly bulletin presents the latest statistics on Gender Recognition Certificates applied for and granted by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service’s Gender Recognition Panel during the quarter October to December 2013, along with quarterly data since April 2009.

The Gender Recognition Panel was established by the Gender Recognition Act 2004, which enables transsexual people to change their legal gender and gain the rights and responsibilities of their acquired gender. All applications are determined by the Panel and successful applicants receive a Gender Recognition Certificate.

There are two application processes for obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate:

1. Standard track applications are those submitted under the standard application process, on the basis of having lived permanently in the acquired gender for two years or more.
2. Overseas track applications are those submitted under the overseas application process, on the basis of having changed gender under the law of an approved country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

Executive Summary

The number of applications for Gender Recognition Certificates received in the period October to December 2013 was 82, in line with the average quarterly figure.

Between October and December 2013, 77 applications were dealt with, a decrease of 28% compared to the previous quarter, and just 5% less than the number dealt with during this period last year.

A full Gender Recognition Certificate was issued in 79% of cases dealt with; of these 59% were issued to individuals who were registered male at birth, while 41% were issued to individuals who were registered female at birth. The proportion of certificates granted to people registered female at birth has risen over the last two years.

Of the 171 interim Gender Recognition Certificates granted between 1 April 2005 and 31 December 2013, to date 67% have been converted to a full certificate. For those people that convert interim certificates to full certificates, the majority (59%) of people convert within 30 weeks.

The bulletin is produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff.

In addition to Ministry of Justice professional and production staff, pre-release access to the quarterly statistics of up to 24 hours is granted to the following postholders:

Ministry of Justice: Secretary of State, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Permanent Secretary, Chief Executive of HMCTS, Director of Civil, Family and Tribunals, Director General of Finance and Corporate Services, Director of Analytical Services, Chief Statistician, Policy Advisors for Gender Recognition & Human Rights, Press Officers and Relevant Special Advisers.

The quarterly releases are released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Introduction

This quarterly bulletin presents the latest statistics on Gender Recognition Certificates applied for and granted by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service’s Gender Recognition Panel during the quarter January to March 2013, along with quarterly data since April 2009.

The Gender Recognition Panel was established by the Gender Recognition Act 2004, which enables transsexual people to change their legal gender and gain the rights and responsibilities of their acquired gender. All applications are determined by the Panel and successful applicants receive a Gender Recognition Certificate.

There are two application processes for obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate:

1. Standard track applications are those submitted under the standard application process, on the basis of living permanently in the acquired gender.
2. Overseas track applications are those submitted under the overseas application process, on the basis of having changed gender under the law of an approved country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

Executive summary

The number of applications for gender recognition received in January to March 2013 was slightly below average.

During the same period, 56 applications were dealt with, also below average. A full Gender Recognition Certificate was issued in the majority of cases. In line with the usual trend, two thirds of which were to individuals who were registered male at birth.

At the end of March 2013, there were about a quarter more applications pending than average.

The bulletin is produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff.

In addition to Ministry of Justice professional and production staff, pre-release access to the provisional court statistics of up to 24 hours is granted to the following postholders: Ministry of Justice: Ministry of Justice: Secretary of State, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Permanent Secretary, Head of Legal Services Commission, Director General of Finance and Public Services, Head of Analytical Services, Chief Statistician, Press Officers and Relevant Special Advisers.

Earlier editions: Gender Recognition Certificate statistics

Quarterly National Statistics on Gender Recognition Certificates applied for and granted by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service’s Gender Recognition Panel.

The quarterly releases are released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Gender Recognition Certificate Statistics – October to December 2012

Introduction

This quarterly bulletin presents the latest statistics on Gender Recognition Certificates applied for and granted by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service’s Gender Recognition Panel during the quarter October to December 2012, along with quarterly data since July 2009.

The Gender Recognition Panel was established by the Gender Recognition Act 2004, which enables transsexual people to change their legal gender and gain the rights and responsibilities of their acquired gender. All applications are determined by the Panel and successful applicants receive a Gender Recognition Certificate.

There are two application processes for obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate:

1. Standard track applications are those submitted under the standard application process, on the basis of living permanently in the acquired gender.
2. Overseas track applications are those submitted under the overseas application process, on the basis of having changed gender under the law of an approved country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

Executive summary

In the quarter October to December of 2012:

• A total of 90 applications for gender recognition were received by the Gender Recognition Panel (GRP). Of these 87 were ‘standard track’ applications, whilst further 3 were ‘overseas track’ applications.
• Some 81 applications were dealt with by the GRP during the quarter October to December 2012.
• A full Gender Recognition Certificate was issued in 69 cases, of which 52 were to individuals who were registered male at birth, and 8 to individuals who were registered female at birth.
• Three cases received an interim Gender Recognition Certificate, three cases were refused and six withdrawn.
• The certificates granted included 40 to applicants born in years prior to 1970; 14 to applicants born in 1970-1979; 13 to applicants born in 1980-1989 and 2 to applicant born 1990 or later.
• At the end of the December 2012, there were 97 applications pending

The bulletin is produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff.

In addition to Ministry of Justice professional and production staff, pre-release access to the provisional court statistics of up to 24 hours is granted to the following postholders:

Ministry of Justice: Ministry of Justice: Secretary of State, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Permanent Secretary, Head of Legal Services Commission, Director General of Finance and Public Services, Head of Analytical Services, Chief Statistician, Press Officers and Relevant Special Advisers.

These quarterly bulletins are released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Introduction

This quarterly bulletin presents the latest statistics on Gender Recognition Certificates applied for and granted by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service’s (HMCTS) Gender Recognition Panel during the quarter January to March 2014, along with quarterly data since April 2009.

The Gender Recognition Panel was established by the Gender Recognition Act 2004, which enables transsexual people to change their legal gender and gain the rights and responsibilities of their acquired gender. All applications are determined by the Panel and successful applicants receive a Gender Recognition Certificate.

There are two application processes for obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate:

1. Standard track applications are those submitted under the standard application process, on the basis of having lived permanently in the acquired gender for two years or more.
2. Overseas track applications are those submitted under the overseas application process, on the basis of having changed gender under the law of an approved country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

Executive summary

The number of applications for Gender Recognition Certificates received in the period January to March 2014 was 77, in line with the average quarterly figure.

Between January and March 2014, 75 applications were dealt with, an increase of 34% compared to this period last year, and just 3% less than the number dealt with during the previous quarter.

A full Gender Recognition Certificate was issued in 89% of cases dealt with; of these 70% were issued to individuals who were registered male at birth, while 30% were issued to individuals who were registered female at birth. The proportion of certificates granted to people registered female at birth has generally risen over the last 2 years.

Of the 173 interim Gender Recognition Certificates granted between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2014, to date 67% have been converted to a full certificate. For those people that convert interim certificates to full certificates, the majority (59%) of people convert within 30 weeks.

The bulletin is produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff.

Pre-release information

In addition to Ministry of Justice professional and production staff, pre-release access to the quarterly statistics of up to 24 hours is granted to the following postholders:

Ministry of Justice: Secretary of State, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Permanent Secretary, Chief Executive of HMCTS, Director of Civil, Family and Tribunals, Director General of Finance and Corporate Services, Director of Analytical Services, Chief Statistician, Head of Special and Cross Cutting Tribunals, Deputy Director for Tribunals, Policy Advisers for Gender Recognition & Human Rights, Press Officers and Relevant Special Advisers.