Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what guidelines it is providing to schools, teachers and pupils regarding transgender pupils accessing toilets, changing rooms and gender specific spaces prior to full guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) being published.
The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that the Supporting Transgender Young People in Schools guidance remains up to date and fit for purpose. As with any significant legal or policy developments, we are considering whether the guidance requires to be updated to reflect these.
In the meantime, the Scottish Government has ensured that education authorities and schools have been made aware of the interim update provided by the EHRC, the regulatory body for the Equality Act 2010.