Data and statistics
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Sex is not “special category” data
The new Code of practice for services, public functions and associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC),...
22nd May 2026
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Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities about the EHRC guidance
Sex Matters wrote to Bridget Phillipson MP to raise our concerns about the fact that the new code of...
22nd May 2026
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What is in the new guidance?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s updated Code of practice for services, public functions and associations has finally been...
21st May 2026
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Why digital ID must not ignore sex data
A summary of Sex Matters’ response to the government’s 2026 digital-identity consultation.
18th May 2026
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Will the government solve the sex-data problem in this Parliament?
As part of the King’s Speech on 13th May the government said that it will introduce a Digital Access...
18th May 2026
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What do Sex Matters supporters think of digital identity?
We sent out a survey to Sex Matters supporters to ask for their views on digital identity. 889 people...
29th April 2026
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Digital ID should include sex
The government has committed to creating a new national digital ID (BritCard) by the end of this Parliament, which...
23rd April 2026
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Putting sex on digital ID – a briefing
If a national digital ID is developed we think it should include sex as a voluntary field, and that...
23rd April 2026
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It’s time to COMMIT to fixing the data
We’re calling on the government to take the three steps that are urgently needed to protect everyone who uses...
6th November 2025
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Labour’s digital ID card “may let people choose their own gender”, MPs are warned
Sam Merriman for the Daily Mail.
Maya Forstater and advisory group member Professor Alice Sullivan are quoted.13th October 2025
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The government must fix the flaw in its digital identity plan
Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans for a compulsory UK-wide digital ID scheme for the right to work. Whatever...
26th September 2025
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EHRC consultation: asking about sex at birth
This is the second in a series of posts focusing in detail on individual parts of the Equality and...
4th July 2025
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Secretary of State writes to Sex Matters supporters about the data bill
On Friday (16th May) we received a letter from the Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for...
19th May 2025
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Reply from the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
We received a letter from Peter Kyle MP on 15th May in response to our campaign asking you to...
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Government admits that passports are not reliable
Yesterday afternoon the House of Lords debated safeguards to ensure accurate sex data in digital identity services. These rely...
13th May 2025
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Letter to the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
Sex Matters wrote to Lord Vallance about comments he made in the House of Lords debate on amendments to...
13th May 2025
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House of Lords to debate digital identity amendments again
The Data Bill is back in the House of Lords this afternoon for the ‘ping pong’ stage of counter-amendments...
12th May 2025
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Inaccurate sex data: excuses and bad arguments
On 7th May the House of Commons debated new clause 21, a proposed amendment to the Data Bill. It...
9th May 2025
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Addendum to the Sullivan Review
Following judgment given on 16th April 2025 in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
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Exercising caution over Stonewall’s exorcism claims
Nearly one in three people in Britain who identify as LGBTQ+ say they’ve been exorcised, assaulted, prayed over, or...
6th May 2025
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URGENT ACTION: email your MP today on the Data Bill
The Supreme Court has confirmed that “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 means, and has always meant, “biological sex”....
5th May 2025
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We call on Peter Kyle to guard the information gateway
Peter Kyle, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, is steering the Data Bill through Parliament. It...
11th April 2025
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The Sullivan Review and the Data Bill – Parliamentary briefing
The Review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender was published by the Department for Science, Innovation...
20th March 2025
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Public data should not conflate sex and gender, review says
Aoife Walsh and Euan O'Byrne Mulligan for BBC News report on the Sullivan Review and how it found that...
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Why the government must act on the Sullivan Review and fix the sex data problem urgently
The long-awaited report of a review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender commissioned by the government...
19th March 2025
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Summary of the Sullivan Review
Background, executive summary and key recommendations of the government-commissioned review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender.
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Legal advice for the Sullivan Review
Legal advice on the government-commissioned review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender.
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Review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender (the Sullivan Review)
The 226-page review by Professor Alice Sullivan of University College London, commissioned by the government, sets out in careful...
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Government removes safeguards from digital identity bill
The government is passing legislation to establish a “trustmark” for digital identity services, and to allow these services to...
11th March 2025
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Is the government sleepwalking into a digital disaster?
The digital identities framework needs to account for individuals’ sex, says James Arbuthnot.
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Digital ID can’t be gender self-ID
We all have a right to have the fact of our sex correctly and reliably recorded.
3rd March 2025
