Costing

Summary

A request was made for the cost of gender reassignment surgery for Manx residents over the past 12 months, but the authority responded that no such information is held because no surgeries were performed.

Key Facts

• Manx Care does not hold information on gender reassignment surgery costs for the requested period.
• The Gender Incongruence (GI) Pathway to the UK has not been established.
• There are currently no GI clinics in the UK accepting new referrals from the Isle of Man.
• Consequently, there have been zero gender reassignment costs over the last twelve months.
• The request was formally closed on 26 March 2025.

Data Disclosed

• 4496569
• 2025-03-06
• 2025-04-03
• 26 March 2025
• 12 months
• 0

Original Request

Please can you tell me how much has been spent on gender reassignment surgery over the past 12 months for Manx residents. Thank you

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Manx Care Noble’s Hospital, Strang Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 4R (01624) 650 000

Our ref: 4496569 26 March 2025

Dear

We write further to your request received 6 March 2025, which states:

"Please can you tell me how much has been spent on gender reassignment surgery over the past 12 months for Manx residents?

Thank you"

Response

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

The Gender Incongruence (GI) Pathway to the UK has not been established and we understand that there are no GI clinics in the UK accepting any new referrals from the Isle of Man. Therefore there have been no gender reassignments costs over the last twelve months.

Please quote the reference number 4496569 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or

1. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
   In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely