Sex Change Operations (Hansard, 25 May 1995)

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the cost to public funds of a sex change operation carried out on the NHS. [26017]

§ Mr. Sackville
As there are a wide range of patient conditions and particular treatment needs, it is not possible to state, with certainty, how much a sex change operation costs.

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current waiting list for sex change operations. [26016]

§ Mr. Sackville
For waiting list purposes, sex change operations are included in the plastic surgery speciality. It is not possible to identify sex change operations data separately.

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many sex change operations(a) from male to female and (b) from female to male, have been carried out under the national health service in each year since 1990. [26018]

§ Mr. Sackville
Data on sex change operations data are not recorded separately from data on other plastic surgery operations.