Links to documents:

Official Report (Oct 14 - Dec 14)	[Archive copy hosted by UK Trans Info]
Official Statistics Spreadsheet (Oct 14 - Dec 14)	[Archive copy hosted by UK Trans Info]
Official Report (Jan 15 - Mar 15)	[Archive copy hosted by UK Trans Info]
Official Statistics Spreadsheet (Jan 15 - Mar 15)	[Archive copy hosted by UK Trans Info]
Official Report (Apr 15 - Jun 15)	[Archive copy hosted by UK Trans Info]
Official Statistics Spreadsheet (Apr 15 - Jun 15)	[Archive copy hosted by UK Trans Info]

Brief Summary

Statistics on gender recognition applications.

Quarterly Official Statistics Summary

Official statistics from the Gender Recognition Panel are released quarterly in Tribunal and Gender Recognition Statistics Quarterly.

The most recent statistics go up to the end of June 2015. The key points are:

• A total of 100 applications were received by the Gender Recognition Panel (GRP) in April to June 2015 (highest since 2009). This includes:
  • 91 Standard Track applications
  • 6 Alternative Track Applications
  • 3 Overseas Track Applications
• A total of 104 applications were finalised in October to December 2014. This includes:
  
  • 93 full Gender Recognition Certificates were issues. Of these:
    • 68 were to people becoming legally female
    • 25 were to people becoming legally male
    • 28 were to people who were married
    • 65 were to people who were neither married nor in a civil partnership
  • 0 interim Gender Recognition Certificates were issued
  • 5 applications were declined
  • 3 applications were withdrawn
  • 2 applications were refused due to an administrative error
  • 1 application was refused as no fee was paid
• As of the end of June 2015, since the Gender Recognition Act 2004 came into force (April 2005):
  • 4,631 applications have been received
  • 3,999 full Gender Recognition Certificates have been issued by the GRP
  • 183 interim Gender Recognition Certificates have been issued by the GRP (67% converted to full GRCs)
  • 193 applications have been declined
  • 110 applications are still pending

Further Information Obtained by UK Trans Info (December 2014)

Anyone who holds a UK birth certificate who then receives a full Gender Recognition Certificate is entitled to a new birth or adoption certificate, which is recorded in one of the Gender Recognition Registers. There are three Gender Recognition Registers - one for England and Wales, one for Scotland and one for Northern Ireland. UK Trans Info has requested and received statistics about these registers from the relevant Registrar Generals.

Up until the end of December 2014 there have been 3,779 entries made in the Gender Recognition Register. This means 54 full Gender Recognition Certificates have been issued but not recorded in a Gender Recognition Register. This could be people who were born outside the UK, or people who haven't yet completed the registration process.

Of those 3,779 entries:

• 3,485 were from the England & Wales register. This includes: 
  • 2,673 people who are now legally female
  • 812 people who are now legally male
• 239 were from the Scottish register. This includes:
  • 152 people who are now legally female
  • 87 who are now legally male
• 55 were from the Northern Irish register. This includes:
  • 41 people who are now legally female
  • 14 who are now legally male

The entries also vary slightly depending on how the birth was originally registered. Of the 3,779 entries:

• 3,565 people who were born in the UK, and haven't had a subsequent adoption or parental order issued
• 153 people who were adopted in the UK
• 21 people who were born overseas, but to parent(s) in the British Armed Forces
• 40 people who were born overseas, but to parent(s) who were British citizens, whose birth was registered with the British consul or UK High Commission.