ONS correspondence with Stonewall in the last 2 years

You asked

​Please could you send me:

• Any correspondance the ONS has had with Stonewall on the subject of the sex and gender questions in the census in the last two years.

• Any minutes from meetings with Stonewall in the last two years.

We said

Thank you for your request.

We have thoroughly searched our systems for documents, emails and memos for this period of the last two years (ending 10/03/2021).

A recently published Freedom of Information request in relation to how the Office for National Statistics (ONS) gathers data on sex and gender (https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/correspondencebetweentheofficefornationalstatisticsandstonewallinrelationtohowtheonsgathersdataonsexandgenderinthepasttwoyears) has documents relevant to your request. Additional documents we identified specifically relating to correspondence the ONS has had with Stonewall are in the attached document.

Personal data has been redacted from the correspondence in accordance with Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).