Interdepartmental Working Group report: title page
July 2000
This document contains the full text of the report of the government’s Home Office-led Interdepartmental Working Group on transsexual people, as published by the Home Office in July 2000.
This document is available in other formats, together with other documents relating to the Working Group, in the Govt Working Group section of this website.
Whilst great effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this reproduction of the report, no liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
Crown copyright is acknowledged.
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REPORT OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSSEXUAL PEOPLE |
April 2000
The Working Group was set up by the Home Secretary in April 1999 with the following terms of reference:
to consider, with particular reference to birth certificates, the need for appropriate legal measures to address the problems experienced by transsexual people, having due regard to scientific and societal developments, and measures undertaken in other countries to deal with this issue.
We were asked to report to Ministers by Easter 2000.
Our membership was as follows:
Home Office (Chair)
Department for Education & Employment
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
General Register Office for Northern Ireland
General Register Office for Scotland
Department of Health
Office of Law Reform, Northern Ireland
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Office for National Statistics
Scottish Executive
Department of Social Security
National Assembly for Wales
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