Social Services: Gender
Lords · Question HL3955 · Tabled 9 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Thornhill
To ask His Majesty's Government why the Collection of Client Level Adult Social Care Data (No 3) Directions 2023 state that adult care providers must collect data based on gender, which is defined as "the gender the individual considers themselves to be",
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 3 Feb 2025
Client Level Data is the first national collection of individual social care records, and this data is collected by the Department from local authorities, rather than care providers. The purpose of the 2023 Directions is to assist the Department in its fu...