House of Commons written answers, 27th March 2008

Parliamentary questions

Written answers : Department of Health

27th March 2008



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Written Answers: 27th March 2008


Department of Health

27 Mar 2008 : Column 421W

Transsexuality: Surgery

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many gender reassignment operations were carried out by NHS trusts between January 2007 and January 2008; and at what cost. [196798]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested is not yet held by the Department.

However, the amount of transgender procedures carried out in the national health service in previous years, from 2002 to 2006, are shown in the following table.

Male to Female Female to Male

2002-03

79

2

2003-04

83

1

2004-05

99

0

2005-06

97

4

Note:
Data for 2006-07 and 2007-08 is not yet available.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics data.