§ Mr. Shersbyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many gender reassignment operations have been carried out under the National Health Service in each of the last three years; and what was the average cost of each operation and of pre- and post-hormonal therapy.
§ Dr. OwenInformation about the precise number and cost of gender reassignment operations carried out under the National Health Service is not centrally available. I understand however that the number of operations is likely to be very small, certainly less than 10 per year.