I want to write to Baroness Williams of Trafford
Baroness Williams of Trafford: The Home Office does not hold information on the number of assaults or sexual offences reported to the police where the suspect was a transgender individual or a police officer.
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...own individual sense of what these terms mean. Therefore, we need to ensure consistency across the board. We also need to acknowledge that the police already record hostility on the grounds of transgender identity, which means that there are issues to resolve as to the boundaries between different recording categories that do not apply to quite the same degree when recording most hate...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: The Government is clear that we want people who are transgender to be able to live their lives as they wish. We believe that the process of legally changing one’s gender is a serious and legally meaningful undertaking which requires appropriate checks and a level of formality. Home Office policy is to allow a customer to change their gender without requiring a Gender Recognition Certificate...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...it noted that to add these characteristics to the hate crime legislative framework “may prove more harmful than helpful” and would be “the wrong solution to a very real problem.” I add that transgender identity is already covered in hate crime laws. In coming to the conclusion it did, the Law Commission applied its usual rigour, dedicating almost three years of thought and careful...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ..., the implications of which I will touch on later. I understand that this issue has received media attention, with the media reporting that there have been cases of sexual offences committed by transgender women where these crimes, which are traditionally male crimes, have been recorded as being committed by women. The Daily Mail reported that the Home Office is working with police to...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...; religion or perceived religion; sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; disability or perceived disability and any crime motivated by hostility or prejudice against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender.” This definition has been produced for operational purposes. Any arrest, charge or prosecution taken forward by the police or Crown Prosecution Service...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: As set out in my response, information on sexual abuse committed by transgender women is not held centrally. Information on trends in sexual offences recorded by the police is routinely published by the Office for National Statistics. The most recent publication, is available here; https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeand...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: .../crimeand justice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingjune2020 Figures for the year ending December 2020 are due to be published on the 3 February. Information on sexual abuse committed by transgender women is not held centrally. We know that sexual abuse disproportionately affects women and girls. We are currently running a Call for Evidence which is available on GOV.uk...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...it clear that all forms of abuse and hatred are unacceptable. The UK has a robust legislative framework to respond to hate crimes, which target race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity. The Government published the hate crime action plan (Action Against Hate: The UK Government’s plan for tackling hate crime) in 2016 and refreshed this Plan in October...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...annually on the number of hate crime offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, broken down by five centrally monitored strands: race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity. The Home Office routinely work with civil society partners, including those working on LGBTQ+ issues, to understand hate crime trends. The latest Home Office data on recorded...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: In the context of Government publications related to hate crime, the terms race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity are used to refer to the characteristics which offences can be aggravated by. This terminology is consistent with the national definition of hate crime agreed between the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Crown Prosecution Service, and...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...annually on the number of hate crime offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, broken down by five centrally monitored strands: race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity. Operational guidance for recording of hate crimes is set out by the College of Policing and the latest published guidance is available here:...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: The noble Lord raises an issue which stems, in many cases, from ignorance. People mix up intersex with transgender: they are entirely different. Intersex is neither a sexual orientation nor a gender identity issue. He is absolutely right that more information and education on this needed, as is more training for medical professionals—an issue which many intersex respondents brought up in...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: .... The definition is: any criminal offence which is perceived to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s actual or perceived disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or transgender identity. When flagged as a hate crime, the police will be satisfied that an offence has been committed and will then investigate evidence in support of the appropriate charge, as well...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...hostility or prejudice, based on a person's disability or perceived disability; race or perceived race; or religion or perceived religion; or sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; or transgender identi-ty or perceived transgender identity."
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...of competitors and fair competition. We will not be changing the Equality Act, as we have said time and time again. Sport UK and Sport England have issued helpful guidance on the fair inclusion of transgender people in sport. My noble friend also mentioned the Gender Recognition Act and medical intervention for children. It is important to know that only adults over the age of 18 can...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...given in the other place by my right honourable friend Penny Mordaunt. The Statement is as follows: “In July last year, the Government launched a national survey asking lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people about their experiences of living in the UK. I am pleased that the Government are today publishing the findings from the survey, alongside an LGBT action plan that sets out...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...on what we know about the victims and perpetrators of violent or sexual offences, but there are no figures for people identifying themselves as trans. Individual forces may record information on transgender victims and perpetrators, but there is no current requirement for them to send such data to the Home Office as part of their regular data returns. We want transgender people to be...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...Act does not, and will not, regulate the status of gender dysphoria as a mental health condition, as listed in medical handbooks. However, we are very clear that we do not consider being transgender to be a mental illness.
Baroness Williams of Trafford: ...be publishing the consultation in due course. The consultation will run for at least 12 weeks. We have been using the time since announcing our intention to consult, to analyse the responses from transgender people who responded to our National LGBT survey. In this survey, we asked about the views and experiences of transgender people who have applied for a Gender Recognition Certificate...