§ Lord Beaumont of Whitleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
When it is expected that the Directorate of Health Care of Her Majesty's Prison Service will have drawn up formal guidelines to assist clinicians who may have to deal with gender dysphoria.
§ Baroness BlatchResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter to Lord Beaumont of Whitley from the Director General of the Prison Service, Mr. Richard Tilt, dated 13th May 1996.
Lady Blatch has asked me to reply to your recent Question about when the Prison Service's Directorate of Health Care will have drawn up formal guidelines to assist clinicians who may have to deal with gender dysphoria.
Work on guidelines on the care, management and treatment of prisoners with gender dysphoria is still in hand. However, I can assure you that work will be completed within the current financial year.