FOI 005268 Recording Sex Gender
Request Number - 005268/21
Date of Decision - 10 January 2022
Subject Area - Miscellaneous
Decision - Disclosed
Request
How does Lincolnshire Police deal with recording the sex/ gender identification of individuals who come into contact with the police? For instance, if a person is arrested or charged with a crime, will the official record state the gender they choose to identify as, their legal sex as recorded on their birth certificate, or something else?
Could you clarify, if this would apply in the case of a person arrested or charged with rape or sexual assault?
Reply
When recording details, the prisoner details tab gives the option of recording the gender as Male/Female/Unknown or Indeterminate. If the individual is transgender, then we follow the process as stipulated in Annex L of PACE Code C which can be found here:
Irrespective of whether the offence is one of rape/sexual assault or any other offence, it is not going to affect the policy of how gender is recorded.
Lincolnshire Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The Force Solicitor, Lincolnshire Police, PO Box 999, Lincoln LN5 7PH