Consultation outcome

Banning conversion therapy: analysis of consultation responses – annexes and data tables

Updated 25 June 2026

Disclaimer

This report was commissioned and completed under the previous administration but not published. Owing to delays in publication, the content and language of the report does not reflect current government policy or the latest available evidence.

The views expressed in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the government. While the Office for Equality and Opportunity has made every effort to ensure the information in this document is accurate, they do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of that information.

Annex A: Consultation questions

Questions about the respondent

A. Are you providing an individual or personal response or a response on behalf of an organisation?

• Individual or personal
• Organisation

Asked to organisations only

B. What is the name of your organisation? (Please write in)

C. What type of organisation is it? (Please tick the category which most closely reflects your organisation)

• Charity/ third sector organisation
• Community group
• Central government
• Local government
• School
• College or university
• Criminal justice organisation (including legal profession)
• General healthcare provider
• Specialist LGBT healthcare provider
• Religious organisation
• Professional body
• Organisation working in advertising
• Private business
• Other
• Prefer not to say

D. Does your organisation work on behalf of any of the following people? (Please tick all that apply)

• Children
• Young people (16 years or over)
• LGBT people
• People with religious beliefs
• Women
• None of the above

E. Which country does your organisation work in? (Please tick all that apply)

• England
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales
• Outside the UK

F. Approximately how many people work in your organisation?

• 1 to 10 people
• 11 to 49 people
• 50 to 249 people
• 250 people or more
• Don’t know
• Prefer not to say

Asked to individuals only

A. The consultation is open to everyone. We are particularly interested in hearing from people with relevant experiences. Can you tell us if you (are any of the following): (Please tick all that apply)

• have experienced conversion therapy (we will ask a few questions about this later)
• have a family member who has experienced conversion therapy
• work with victims of conversion therapy
• work with the LGBT charity sector
• work for a religious organisation
• have religious beliefs (we will ask about a question about your religion later)
• are a medical practitioner who supports anyone questioning whether they are LGBT
• work with organisations that have experience of conversion therapy

B. Where do you live?

• East Midlands
• East of England
• London
• North East
• North West
• Yorkshire and The Humber
• South East
• South West
• West Midlands
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales
• Outside the UK

C. How old are you?

• 16 to 17 years
• 18 to 24 years
• 25 to 34 years
• 35 to 44 years
• 45 to 54 years
• 55 to 64 years
• 65 to 74 years
• 75 years or older

D. What is your sex? (A question on gender will be asked later)

• Female
• Male
• Prefer not to say

E. What is your ethnic group? (Choose one option that best describes your ethnic group or background)

• White - English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, British
• White - Irish
• White - Gypsy or Irish Traveller
• White - Roma
• White - Any other White background
• Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups - White and Black Caribbean
• Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups - White and Black African
• Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups - White and Asian
• Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups - Any other Mixed or Multiple ethnic background
• Asian or Asian British - Indian
• Asian or Asian British - Pakistani
• Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi
• Asian or Asian British - Chinese
• Asian or Asian British - Any other Asian background
• Black, Black British, Caribbean or African - African
• Black, Black British, Caribbean or African - Caribbean
• Black, Black British, Caribbean or African - any other Black background
• Other ethnic group - Arab
• Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group
• Prefer not to say

F. What is your religion?

• No religion
• Christian (Including Church of England, Catholic, Protestant and all other Christian denominations)
• Buddhist
• Hindu
• Jewish
• Muslim
• Sikh
• Any other religion
• Prefer not to say

G. What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were about aged 14? (This question provides an indication of socio-economic background)

• Modern professional and traditional professional occupations such as: teacher, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, musician,
• police officer (sergeant or above), software designer, accountant, solicitor, medical practitioner, scientist, civil / mechanical
• engineer
• Senior, middle or junior managers or administrators such as: finance manager, chief executive, large business owner, office
• manager, retail manager, bank manager, restaurant manager, warehouse manager
• Clerical and intermediate occupations such as: secretary, personal assistant, call centre agent, clerical worker, nursery nurse.
• Technical and craft occupations such as: motor mechanic, plumber, printer, electrician, gardener, train driver
• Routine, semi-routine manual and service occupations such as: postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker,
• farm worker, catering assistant, sales assistant, HGV driver, cleaner, porter, packer, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff
• Long-term unemployed (claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for more than a year)
• Small business owners who employed less than 25 people such as: corner shop owners, small plumbing companies, retail
• shop owner, single restaurant or cafe owner, taxi owner, garage owner
• Other such as: retired, this question does not apply to me
• Don’t know
• Prefer not to say

H. Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?

• Yes
• No (If No: Enter your gender identity. Please write in)
• Prefer not to say

I. Which of the following best describes your sexual orientation?

• Straight/Heterosexual
• Gay or Lesbian
• Bisexual
• Other sexual orientation (If Other sexual orientation: Enter your sexual orientation. Please write in)
• Prefer not to say

J. Do you have any physical or mental health conditions or illnesses lasting or expected to last 12 months or more?

• Yes (If Yes. Do any of your conditions or illnesses reduce your ability to carry-out day-to-day activities?)
• No

Questions about respondents’ experiences of conversion therapy

The following sections are on respondents’ experiences of conversion therapy. They will be used to identify those responses from people with specific experience of conversion therapy, and whether that informs their responses. These questions will be asked to individuals only.

A. A wide range of acts can be committed in the name of conversion therapy. This includes anything from acts of physical violence – for example, assault and rape – to talking interventions and therapies. Have you ever been offered conversion therapy?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe/ Don’t know
• Prefer not to say

B. Have you ever had conversion therapy?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe/ Don’t know
• Prefer not to say

If you have had more than one experience of conversion therapy please focus on your most recent

C. Who carried out this conversion therapy?

• Person from a faith organisation or group
• Parent, guardian or other family member
• Counsellor
• Psychiatrist
• Psychologist
• Psychotherapist
• Person from my community
• Other medical professional
• Other individual excluding medical professional
• Prefer not to say

D. Can you tell us roughly how old you were when this conversion therapy was carried out?

• Under 10 years
• 11 to 15 years
• 16 to 17 years
• 18 to 24 years
• 25 to 34 years
• 35 to 44 years
• 45 to 54 years
• 55 to 64 years
• 65 to 74 years
• 75 years or older

E. Where was this conversion therapy carried out?

• England
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales
• Outside the UK
• Prefer not to say

F. Was this conversion therapy aimed at changing your sexual orientation or whether you were transgender or not, or both?

• Sexual orientation
• Transgender
• Both sexual orientation and transgender
• Prefer not to say

G. What form did this conversion therapy take?

• Cognitive-behavioural therapy (such as identifying behavioural triggers)
• Psychoanalytic therapies (such as exploring family trauma)
• Group based activity (such as support groups)
• Mentoring (such as buddying)
• Family therapy (involving one or more family members)
• Spiritual, religious or faith based activities (such as prayer healing)
• Aversion therapy (such as electric shock therapy)
• Physical approaches (such as medical intervention or physical assault)
• Other approach or activity
• Prefer not to say

Views on banning conversion therapy - consultation questions

Overarching consultation question. Do you agree or disagree that the government should intervene to end conversion therapy in principle?

• Strongly agree
• Somewhat agree
• Neither agree or disagree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Prefer not to say

Why do you think this? (Please explain the reasons for your answer)

Q1. To what extent do you support, or not support, the government’s proposal for addressing physical acts of conversion therapy?

• Strongly support
• Somewhat support
• Neither support or not support
• Somewhat not support
• Strongly not support
• Prefer not to say

Why do you think this? (Please explain the reasons for your answer)

Q2. The government considers that delivering talking conversion therapy with the intention of changing a person’s sexual orientation or changing them from being transgender or to being transgender either to someone who is under 18, or to someone who is 18 or over and who has not consented or lacks the capacity to do so should be considered a criminal offence. The consultation document describes proposals to introduce new criminal law that will capture this. How far do you agree or disagree with this?

• Strongly agree
• Somewhat agree
• Neither agree or disagree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Prefer not to say

Q3. How far do you agree or disagree with the penalties being proposed?

• Strongly agree
• Somewhat agree
• Neither agree or disagree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Prefer not to say

Q4. Do you think that these proposals miss anything? If yes, can you tell us what you think we have missed?

• Yes (If yes, can you tell us what you think we have missed? Please explain the reasons for your answer)
• No
• Don’t know

Q5. The government considers that Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code already provides measures against the broadcast and promotion of conversion therapy. How far do you agree or disagree with this?

• Strongly agree
• Somewhat agree
• Neither agree or disagree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Prefer not to say

Why do you think this? (Please explain the reasons for your answer)

Q6. Do you know of any examples of broadcasting that you consider to be endorsing or promoting conversion therapy?

• Yes (If yes, can you tell us what these examples are? Please write in)
• No
• Prefer not to say

Q7. The government considers that the existing codes set out by the Advertising Standards Authority and the Committee of Advertising Practice already prohibits the advertisement of conversion therapy. How far do you agree or disagree with this?

• Strongly agree
• Somewhat agree
• Neither agree or disagree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Prefer not to say

Q8. Do you know of any examples of advertisements that you consider to be endorsing or promoting conversion therapy?

• Yes (If yes, can you tell us what these examples are? Please write in)
• No
• Prefer not to say

Q9. The consultation document describes proposals to introduce conversion therapy protection orders to tackle a gap in provision for victims of the practice. To what extent do you agree or disagree that there is a gap in the provision for victims of conversion therapy?

• Strongly agree
• Somewhat agree
• Neither agree or disagree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Prefer not to say

Q10. To what extent do you agree or disagree with our proposals for addressing the gap we have identified?

• Strongly agree
• Somewhat agree
• Neither agree or disagree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Prefer not to say

Why do you think this? (Please explain the reasons for your answer)

Q11. Charity trustees are the people who are responsible for governing a charity and directing how it is managed and run. The consultation document describes proposals whereby anyone found guilty of carrying out conversion therapy will have the case against them for being disqualified from serving as a trustee at any charity strengthened. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this approach?

• Strongly agree
• Somewhat agree
• Neither agree or disagree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Prefer not to say

Why do you think this? (Please explain the reasons for your answer)

Q12. To what extent do you agree or disagree that the following organisations are providing adequate action against people who might already be carrying out conversion therapy? (Police, Crown Prosecution Service, OTHER statutory service)?

• Strongly agree

• Somewhat agree
• Neither agree or disagree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Prefer not to say

Why do you think this? (Please explain the reasons for your answer)

Q13. To what extent do you agree or disagree that the following organisations are providing adequate support for victims of conversion therapy? (Police, Crown Prosecution Service, OTHER statutory service)?

• Strongly agree
• Somewhat agree
• Neither agree or disagree
• Somewhat disagree
• Strongly disagree
• Prefer not to say

Why do you think this? (Please explain the reasons for your answer)

Q14. Do you think that these services can do more to support victims of conversion therapy? If yes, what more do you think they could do?

• Yes (If yes, what more do you think they could do? Please explain the reasons for your answer)
• No
• Prefer not to say

Economic appraisal

Q15. Do you have any evidence on the economic or financial costs or benefits of any of the proposals set out in the consultation? If yes, please can you provide us with details of this evidence, including where possible, any references to publications?

• Yes (If yes, please can you provide us with details of this evidence, including where possible, any references to publications? Please write in)
• No

Equalities impacts appraisal

Q16. There is a duty on public authorities to consider or think about how their policies or decisions affect people who are protected under the Equality Act 2010. Do you have any evidence of the equalities impacts of any proposals set out in the consultation?

• Yes (If yes, can you provide us with details of this evidence, including where possible, any references to publications? Please write in)
• No

Questions related to privacy

Q17. Would you like your response to be treated as confidential?

• Yes
• No

Q18. What is your email address? If you enter your email address then you will automatically receive an acknowledgement email when you submit your response.

Annex B: Summary tables of responses to closed-format questions

The following tables summarise responses to each of the consultation questions as a percentage of all consultation respondents who answered the question by selecting one of the available options, including “Prefer not to say”.  Missing or un-codable data have been removed from bases. Full tables of results are broken down by key demographics.

Responses	Count	Percentage
Work with organisations that have experience of conversion practices	759	3%
Not work with organisations that have experience of conversion practices	27,173	97%
Total responses	27,932

Profile of individual respondents

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Count	Percentage
Straight/heterosexual	12,078	45%
Gay or lesbian	6,177	23%
Bisexual	4,086	15%
Other sexual orientation	1,888	7%
Prefer not to say	2,421	9%
Total responses	26,650

Respondents: Individual respondents.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Count	Percentage
Transgender	2,850	11%
Non-transgender	22,77	85%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	60	0%
Prefer not to say	1,139	4%
Total responses	26,826

Respondents: Individual respondents.

Respondents by age

Responses	Count	Percentage
16 to 17 years	794	3%
18 to 24 years	3,357	12%
25 to 34 years	5,961	21%
35 to 44 years	4,710	17%
45 to 54 years	4,323	15%
55 to 64 years	4,099	15%
65 to 74 years	3,221	12%
75 years or older	1,457	5%
Total responses	27,922

Respondents: Individual respondents.

Respondents by ethnicity

Responses	Count	Percentage
White	23,314	87%
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	748	3%
Asian or Asian British	711	3%
Black, Black British, Caribbean or African	435	2%
Other ethnic group	223	1%
Prefer not to say	1,297	5%
Total responses	26,750

Respondents: Individual respondents

Respondents by religion

Responses	Count	Percentage
No Religion	12,776	48%
Christian	10,549	40%
Any other religion	837	3%
Muslim	361	1%
Jewish	278	1%
Buddhist	124	1%
Hindu	86	0%
Sikh	38	0%
Prefer not to say	1,492	6%
Total responses	26,652

Respondents: Individual respondents

Respondents by country

Responses	Count	Percentage
England	23,492	84%
Scotland	1,766	6%
Wales	1,046	4%
Northern Ireland	928	3%
Outside the UK	689	2%
Total responses	27,921

Respondents: Individual respondents.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Count	Percentage
Yes	820	3%
No	24,220	90%
Maybe / Don’t know	539	2%
Prefer not to say	1,253	5%
Total responses	26,832

Respondents: Individual respondents. Respondents who answered ‘yes’ to the question “Have you ever had conversion therapy?”

Respondents who had a family member who has experienced conversion practices

Responses	Count	Percentage
Had a family member who has experienced conversion practices	793	3%
Not have a family member who has experienced conversion practices	27,139	97%
Total responses	27,932

Respondents: Individual respondents. Respondents answered the question “Can you tell us if you: (Please tick all that apply) - What you do - have a family member who has experienced conversion therapy”

Respondents who were medical practitioners

Responses	Count	Percentage
Medical Practitioner	926	3%
Not medical practitioner	27,006	97%
Total responses	27,932

Respondents: Individual respondents. Respondents answered the question “Can you tell us if you: (Please tick all that apply) - What you do - are a medical practitioner who supports anyone questioning whether they are LGBT”

Respondents who work with victims of conversion practices

Responses	Count	Percentage
Work with victims of conversion practices	600	2%
Not work with victims of conversion practices	27,332	98%
Total responses	27,932

Respondents: Individual respondents. Respondents answered the question “Can you tell us if you: (Please tick all that apply) - What you do - work with victims of conversion therapy”

Respondents who work with the LGBT charity sector

Responses	Count	Percentage
Work with the LGBT charity sector	1,959	7%
Not work with the LGBT charity sector	25,973	93%
Total responses	27,932

Respondents: Individual respondents. Respondents answered the question “Can you tell us if you: (Please tick all that apply) - What you do - work with victims of conversion therapy”

Respondents who work for a religious organisation

Responses	Count	Percentage
Work for religious organisation	1,601	6%
Not work for religious organisation	26,331	94%
Total responses	27,932

Respondents: Individual respondents. Respondents answered the question “Can you tell us if you: (Please tick all that apply) - What you do - work for a religious organisation”

Respondents who have religious beliefs

Responses	Count	Percentage
Have religious beliefs	8,198	29%
Not have religious beliefs	19,734	71%
Total responses	27,932

Respondents: Individual respondents. Respondents answered the question “Can you tell us if you: (Please tick all that apply) - What you do - have religious beliefs (we will ask about a question about your religion later)”

Respondents who work with organisations that have experience of conversion practices

Responses	Count	Percentage
Work with organisations that have experience of conversion practices	759	3%
Not work with organisations that have experience of conversion practices	27,173	97%
Total responses	27,932

Respondents: Individual respondents. Respondents answered the question “Can you tell us if you: (Please tick all that apply) - What you do - work with organisations that have experience of conversion therapy”

Profile of organisation respondents

Organisation type

Responses	Count	Percentage
Religious organisation	289	51%
Charity/ third sector organisation	159	28%
Community group	68	12%
Private business	23	`4%
Professional body	16	3%
Specialist LGBT healthcare provider	10	2%
College or university	10	2%
General healthcare provider	8	1%
Local government	5	1%
Criminal justice organisation (including legal profession)	3	1%
Central government	2	0%
School	2	0%
Organisation working in advertising	1	0%
Other	36	6%
Prefer not to say	4	1%
Total responses	571

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Respondents could select more than one answer to this question.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Count	Percentage
1 to 10 people	262	46%
11 to 49 people	119	21%
50 to 249 people	68	12%
250 people or more	67	12%
Don’t know	24	4%
Prefer not to say	31	5%
Total responses	571

Respondents: Organisation respondents.

Profile of all respondents

Respondents working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Count	Percentage
Yes	2,655	9%
No	25,857	91%
Total responses	28,512

Respondents: All respondents. This variable is recorded as “Yes” if the respondent indicated they meet one or more of the following criteria: worked in the LGBT charity sector, work with victims of conversion therapy, work for religious organisations, are a medical practitioner who supports anyone questioning whether they are LGBT or work with organisations that have experience with conversion therapy. If none of the criteria are met, then the variable is recorded as “No”.

Respondents who have a ‘religious background’

Responses	Count	Percentage
Yes	8,455	30%
No	20,057	70%
Total responses	28,512

Respondents: All respondents. This variable is recorded as “Yes” if respondents indicated they have experience working for a faith organisation or have religious beliefs (or both). If neither criteria is met, the variable is recorded as “No”.

Responses to consultation questions

Overarching question

Do you agree or disagree that the government should intervene to end conversion therapy in principle?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	16,710	60%
Somewhat agree	2,273	8%
Neither agree nor disagree	2,823	10%
Somewhat disagree	978	4%
Strongly disagree	3,736	13%
Prefer not to say	1,192	4%
Total responses	27,712

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,712.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	62%	8%	9%	4%	13%	4%
Wales	60%	8%	12%	2%	12%	5%
Scotland	54%	11%	13%	3%	12%	6%
Northern Ireland	32%	4%	29%	4%	14%	18%
Outside the UK	70%	8%	2%	3%	15%	2%
Total responses	61%	8%	10%	3%	13%	4%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 27,141.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	71%	3%	2%	3%	21%	1%
No	66%	5%	10%	4%	13%	4%
Maybe/ Don’t Know	64%	6%	6%	7%	16%	2%
Prefer not to say	9%	4%	32%	3%	29%	23%
Total responses	63%	5%	10%	4%	14%	4%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,056.

Respondents who have a ‘religious background’

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	30%	5%	18%	7%	34%	6%
No	73%	9%	7%	2%	5%	4%
Total responses	60%	8%	10%	4%	13%	4%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,711.

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	73%	7%	5%	7%	8%	1%
Other	56%	9%	11%	4%	15%	5%
Total responses	60%	8%	10%	4%	13%	4%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 27,409.

Respondents working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion therapy, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	65%	6%	8%	5%	15%	2%
No	59%	9%	11%	3%	13%	5%
Total responses	60%	8%	10%	4%	13%	4%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,711.

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	42%	7%	16%	6%	23%	6%
Gay or lesbian	94%	3%	1%	1%	2%	0%
Bisexual	93%	3%	1%	1%	2%	0%
Other sexual orientation	97%	1%	1%	0%	1%	0%
Prefer not to say	23%	6%	28%	6%	24%	14%
Total responses	61%	8%	10%	3%	13%	4%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 25,877.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	98%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Non-transgender	60%	5%	11%	4%	15%	4%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	34%	26%	14%	9%	12%	5%
Prefer not to say	38%	3%	22%	3%	20%	14%
Total responses	63%	5%	10%	4%	14%	4%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,054.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	28%	7%	26%	7%	22%	10%
11 to 49 people	41%	9%	17%	6%	22%	5%
50 to 249 people	37%	7%	18%	7%	21%	10%
250 people or more	61%	10%	4%	7%	15%	1%
Don’t know	67%	8%	0%	4%	17%	4%
Prefer not to say	20%	7%	43%	7%	20%	3%
Total responses	37%	8%	20%	7%	21%	7%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	27%	10%	21%	9%	26%	7%
Young people	34%	10%	19%	8%	24%	6%
LGBT people	57%	9%	13%	6%	13%	3%
People with religious beliefs	26%	7%	24%	8%	27%	8%
Women	37%	10%	18%	8%	22%	6%
None of the above	61%	3%	8%	5%	18%	5%
Total responses	37%	8%	20%	7%	21%	7%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571.

Question 1

To what extent do you support, or not support, the government’s proposal for addressing physical acts of conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly support	17,171	63%
Somewhat support	3,680	13%
Neither support or not support	1,722	6%
Somewhat not support	819	3%
Strongly not support	2,135	8%
Prefer not to say	1,882	7%
Total responses	27,409

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly support	Somewhat support	Neither support or not support	Somewhat not support	Strongly not support	Prefer not to say
England	64%	13%	6%	3%	8%	6%
Wales	62%	13%	5%	2%	7%	10%
Scotland	58%	12%	8%	4%	8%	9%
Northern Ireland	44%	14%	9%	2%	8%	23%
Outside the UK	64%	10%	5%	2%	12%	7%
Total responses	63%	13%	6%	3%	8%	7%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,827.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly support	Somewhat support	Neither support or not support	Somewhat not support	Strongly not support	Prefer not to say
Yes	71%	10%	4%	2%	9%	4%
No	65%	13%	6%	3%	8%	6%
Maybe/ Don’t Know	64%	12%	7%	5%	8%	3%
Prefer not to say	18%	21%	19%	3%	11%	28%
Total	63%	13%	6%	3%	8%	7%

Respondents: Individual Respondents. Base = 26,823

Respondents by religious background

Responses	Strongly support	Somewhat support	Neither support or not support	Somewhat not support	Strongly not support	Prefer not to say
Yes	41%	22%	10%	4%	14%	8%
No	72%	10%	4%	2%	5%	6%
Total responses	63%	13%	6%	3%	8%	7%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,407

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	73%	9%	6%	4%	5%	3%
Other	62%	14%	6%	3%	8%	7%
Total responses	63%	13%	6%	3%	8%	7%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,409

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion therapy, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly support	Somewhat support	Neither support or not support	Somewhat not support	Strongly not support	Prefer not to say
Yes	56%	18%	7%	4%	11%	4%
No	63%	13%	6%	3%	7%	7%
Total responses	63%	13%	6%	3%	8%	7%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,407

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly support	Support	Neither support or not support	Somewhat not support	Strongly not support	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	49%	18%	8%	4%	12%	9%
Gay or lesbian	84%	8%	2%	1%	3%	2%
Bisexual	84%	8%	2%	1%	2%	2%
Other sexual orientation	83%	8%	2%	1%	2%	4%
Prefer not to say	31%	18%	14%	5%	13%	19%
Total responses	63%	13%	6%	3%	8%	7%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,646

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly support	Somewhat Support	Neither support or not support	Somewhat not support	Strongly not support	Prefer not to say
Transgender	83%	9%	2%	1%	2%	3%
Non-transgender	62%	14%	6%	3%	8%	7%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	41%	15%	14%	8%	12%	10%
Prefer not to say	40%	15%	12%	3%	11%	19%
Total responses	63%	13%	6%	3%	8%	7%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,820

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly support	Somewhat Support	Neither support or not support	Somewhat not support	Strongly not support	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	40%	25%	11%	3%	10%	10%
11 to 49 people	53%	16%	6%	8%	9%	8%
50 to 249 people	47%	28%	7%	3%	6%	9%
250 people or more	61%	18%	6%	3%	10%	1%
Don’t know	58%	8%	0%	8%	17%	8%
Prefer not to say	32%	26%	16%	6%	6%	13%
Total responses	47%	22%	9%	4%	10%	9%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly support	Somewhat Support	Neither support or not support	Somewhat not support	Strongly not support	Prefer not to say
Children	44%	24%	11%	4%	11%	6%
Young people	47%	23%	10%	4%	10%	5%
LGBT people	61%	21%	8%	2%	4%	3%
People with religious beliefs	42%	25%	11%	4%	10%	8%
Women	48%	23%	10%	5%	9%	6%
None of the above	58%	13%	3%	5%	16%	5%
Total responses	47%	22%	9%	4%	10%	9%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 2

The government considers that delivering talking therapy with the intention of changing a person’s sexual orientation or changing them from being transgender or to being transgender either to someone who is under 18, or to someone who is 18 or over and who has not consented or lacks the capacity to do so should be considered a criminal offence. The consultation document describes proposals to introduce new criminal law that will capture this. How far do you agree or disagree with this?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	9,870	35%
Somewhat agree	7,489	26%
Neither agree nor disagree	1,339	5%
Somewhat disagree	1,535	5%
Strongly disagree	6,614	23%
Prefer not to say	1,641	6%
Total responses	28,488

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	36%	27%	5%	5%	23%	5%
Wales	36%	25%	5%	5%	22%	8%
Scotland	30%	25%	5%	5%	25%	9%
Northern Ireland	19%	15%	8%	8%	24%	26%
Outside the UK	44%	25%	2%	3%	24%	1%
Total responses	35%	26%	5%	5%	23%	6%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 27,907

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	44%	26%	3%	4%	22%	1%
No	38%	28%	5%	5%	19%	5%
Maybe/ don’t know	36%	30%	5%	7%	21%	2%
Prefer not to say	7%	7%	11%	8%	41%	27%
Total responses	36%	27%	5%	5%	20%	6%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,823

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	20%	15%	8%	10%	39%	8%
No	41%	31%	3%	3%	17%	5%
Total responses	35%	26%	5%	5%	23%	6%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 28,486

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	50%	22%	5%	5%	18%	1%
Other	34%	26%	5%	5%	23%	6%
Total responses	35%	26%	5%	5%	23%	6%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 28,488

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	31%	19%	6%	9%	30%	4%
No	35%	27%	5%	5%	23%	6%
Total responses	35%	26%	5%	5%	23%	6%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 28,486

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	27%	18%	7%	8%	31%	8%
Gay or lesbian	56%	34%	2%	2%	6%	1%
Bisexual	45%	44%	2%	2%	6%	1%
Other sexual orientation	44%	47%	2%	2%	4%	1%
Prefer not to say	13%	14%	9%	8%	37%	19%
Total responses	35%	27%	5%	5%	23%	6%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,648

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	44%	48%	2%	2%	3%	1%
Non-transgender	36%	25%	5%	6%	22%	6%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	18%	25%	7%	4%	39%	9%
Prefer not to say	19%	20%	8%	7%	28%	17%
Total responses	36%	27%	5%	5%	20%	6%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,819.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	13%	16%	7%	12%	37%	15%
11 to 49 people	21%	20%	7%	8%	37%	7%
50 to 249 people	7%	35%	4%	7%	31%	15%
250 people or more	36%	27%	4%	9%	24%	0%
Don’t know	42%	17%	4%	4%	25%	8%
Prefer not to say	3%	19%	16%	6%	42%	13%
Total responses	17%	21%	7%	10%	34%	11%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	15%	14%	7%	13%	41%	11%
Young people	16%	18%	7%	11%	37%	10%
LGBT people	25%	30%	6%	9%	26%	4%
People with religious beliefs	14%	15%	8%	12%	40%	12%
Women	19%	18%	7%	9%	37%	10%
None of the above	34%	24%	8%	5%	26%	3%
Total responses	17%	21%	7%	10%	34%	11%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 3

How far do you agree or disagree with the penalties being proposed?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	7,446	27%
Somewhat agree	8,477	31%
Neither agree nor disagree	2,246	8%
Somewhat disagree	1,092	4%
Strongly disagree	5,373	20%
Prefer not to say	2,771	10%
Total responses	27,405

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	28%	32%	8%	4%	19%	9%
Wales	27%	32%	9%	4%	17%	12%
Scotland	25%	29%	9%	4%	19%	14%
Northern Ireland	15%	17%	10%	5%	23%	31%
Outside the UK	36%	30%	7%	3%	19%	6%
Total responses	27%	31%	8%	4%	19%	10%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,825.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	37%	29%	5%	4%	21%	4%
No	28%	33%	8%	4%	18%	9%
Maybe/ don’t know	26%	33%	11%	5%	19%	5%
Prefer not to say	4%	6%	11%	5%	39%	35%
Total responses	27%	31%	8%	4%	19%	10%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,823

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	14%	15%	11%	7%	39%	13%
No	33%	38%	7%	3%	11%	9%
Total responses	27%	31%	8%	4%	20%	10%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,403

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	40%	27%	8%	4%	16%	4%
Other	27%	31%	8%	4%	20%	10%
Total respondents	27%	31%	8%	4%	20%	10%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,405

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	24%	22%	10%	6%	29%	10%
No	28%	32%	8%	4%	19%	10%
Total responses	27%	31%	8%	4%	20%	10%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,403.

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	20%	21%	10%	6%	31%	13%
Gay or lesbian	45%	40%	5%	2%	5%	3%
Bisexual	34%	50%	5%	2%	5%	4%
Other sexual orientation	31%	55%	5%	1%	3%	4%
Prefer not to say	9%	13%	12%	5%	35%	26%
Total responses	28%	31%	8%	4%	19%	10%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,646.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	33%	54%	6%	1%	2%	4%
Non-transgender	28%	29%	8%	4%	21%	10%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	14%	25%	9%	5%	35%	12%
Prefer not to say	13%	22%	10%	4%	27%	24%
Total responses	27%	31%	8%	4%	19%	10%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,819.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	8%	16%	13%	7%	35%	20%
11 to 49 people	14%	21%	13%	4%	34%	13%
50 to 249 people	9%	24%	12%	4%	31%	21%
250 people or more	25%	27%	9%	10%	25%	3%
Don’t know	42%	17%	0%	4%	29%	8%
Prefer not to say	6%	16%	6%	13%	35%	23%
Total responses	13%	19%	11%	7%	33%	16%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	11%	13%	12%	8%	41%	15%
Young people	12%	16%	12%	8%	37%	15%
LGBT people	20%	30%	11%	8%	22%	9%
People with religious beliefs	10%	13%	12%	7%	41%	17%
Women	14%	18%	11%	8%	36%	13%
None of the above	21%	26%	11%	8%	26%	8%
Total responses	13%	19%	11%	7%	33%	16%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 4

Do you think that these proposals miss anything?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Yes	15,776	58%
No	2,451	9%
Don’t know	9,179	33%
Total responses	27,406

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Yes	No	Don’t know
England	59%	9%	32%
Wales	54%	9%	37%
Scotland	55%	9%	36%
Northern Ireland	36%	6%	58%
Outside the UK	55%	11%	34%
Total responses	57%	9%	34%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,824.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Yes	No	Don’t know
Yes	73%	9%	18%
No	57%	9%	33%
Maybe/ don’t know	67%	8%	25%
Prefer not to say	44%	2%	53%
Total responses	57%	9%	34%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,824

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Yes	No	Don’t know
Yes	59%	6%	35%
No	57%	10%	33%
Total responses	58%	9%	33%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,404

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Yes	No	Don’t know
Medical Practitioner	56%	17%	26%
Other	58%	9%	34%
Total responses	58%	9%	33%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,406

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Yes	No	Don’t know
Yes	61%	9%	30%
No	57%	9%	34%
Total responses	58%	9%	33%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,404

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Yes	No	Don’t know
Straight/heterosexual	53%	8%	39%
Gay or lesbian	60%	13%	27%
Bisexual	64%	10%	26%
Other sexual orientation	67%	8%	24%
Prefer not to say	51%	4%	46%
Total responses	57%	9%	34%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,647

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Yes	No	Don’t know
Transgender	70%	9%	21%
Non-transgender	56%	9%	35%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	78%	10%	12%
Prefer not to say	52%	4%	44%
Total responses	57%	9%	34%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,821.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Yes	No	Don’t know
1 to 10 people	61%	2%	37%
11 to 49 people	72%	3%	24%
50 to 249 people	71%	3%	26%
250 people or more	79%	7%	13%
Don’t know	63%	8%	29%
Prefer not to say	52%	6%	42%
Total responses	66%	4%	30%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Yes	No	Don’t know
Children	66%	3%	31%
Young people	68%	5%	27%
LGBT people	77%	4%	19%
People with religious beliefs	63%	3%	33%
Women	70%	4%	26%
None of the above	76%	3%	21%
Total responses	66%	4%	30%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 5

The government considers that Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code already provides measures against the broadcast and promotion of conversion therapy. How far do you agree or disagree with this?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	4,751	17%
Somewhat agree	4,794	17%
Neither agree nor disagree	6,343	23%
Somewhat disagree	6,297	23%
Strongly disagree	2,074	8%
Prefer not to say	3,149	11%
Total responses	27,408

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	18%	18%	23%	23%	8%	10%
Wales	16%	17%	24%	22%	7%	14%
Scotland	15%	17%	22%	24%	7%	15%
Northern Ireland	13%	12%	20%	15%	6%	35%
Outside the UK	17%	13%	21%	26%	11%	12%
Total responses	17%	18%	23%	23%	8%	11%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,826.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	22%	17%	17%	19%	19%	6%
No	17%	18%	23%	24%	7%	10%
Maybe/ don’t know	18%	18%	20%	27%	12%	5%
Prefer not to say	13%	8%	28%	6%	7%	39%
Total responses	17%	18%	23%	23%	8%	11%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,825.

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	21%	14%	28%	11%	9%	16%
No	16%	19%	21%	28%	7%	10%
Total responses	17%	17%	23%	23%	8%	11%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,406.

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	24%	20%	22%	20%	8%	5%
Other	17%	17%	23%	23%	8%	12%
Total responses	17%	17%	23%	23%	8%	11%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,408.

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	22%	17%	25%	17%	9%	10%
No	17%	18%	23%	24%	7%	12%
Total responses	17%	17%	23%	23%	8%	11%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,406.

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	19%	16%	27%	16%	8%	15%
Gay or lesbian	19%	22%	18%	29%	8%	4%
Bisexual	15%	19%	18%	35%	7%	5%
Other sexual orientation	13%	17%	17%	39%	8%	6%
Prefer not to say	15%	12%	26%	14%	8%	26%
Total responses	17%	18%	23%	23%	8%	11%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,646.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	14%	18%	17%	37%	9%	6%
Non-transgender	18%	18%	24%	22%	7%	11%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	14%	9%	22%	29%	7%	19%
Prefer not to say	14%	11%	24%	17%	9%	25%
Total responses	17%	18%	23%	23%	8%	11%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,821.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	14%	14%	28%	16%	6%	23%
11 to 49 people	19%	15%	24%	17%	11%	14%
50 to 249 people	18%	10%	22%	18%	1%	31%
250 people or more	13%	18%	30%	19%	13%	6%
Don’t know	17%	21%	17%	25%	13%	8%
Prefer not to say	13%	13%	13%	23%	10%	29%
Total responses	16%	14%	25%	18%	8%	20%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	20%	14%	28%	12%	8%	18%
Young people	19%	15%	26%	16%	8%	17%
LGBT people	15%	17%	23%	25%	6%	14%
People with religious beliefs	19%	14%	26%	13%	7%	21%
Women	18%	17%	23%	18%	8%	17%
None of the above	13%	13%	26%	21%	13%	13%
Total responses	16%	14%	25%	18%	8%	20%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 6

Do you know of any examples of broadcasting that you consider to be endorsing or promoting conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Yes	3,161	12%
No	18,590	68%
Prefer not to say	5,656	21%
Total responses	27,407

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
England	11%	69%	19%
Wales	10%	67%	23%
Scotland	13%	63%	24%
Northern Ireland	9%	53%	39%
Outside the UK	15%	64%	21%
Total responses	11%	68%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,828.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Yes	29%	54%	17%
No	11%	70%	19%
Maybe/ don’t know	25%	53%	22%
Prefer not to say	7%	45%	48%
Total responses	11%	68%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,824,

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Yes	8%	74%	18%
No	13%	65%	22%
Total responses	12%	68%	21%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,405

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	15%	74%	12%
Other	11%	68%	21%
Total responses	12%	68%	21%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,407

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Yes	15%	68%	17%
No	11%	68%	21%
Total responses	12%	68%	21%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,405

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	9%	72%	18%
Gay or lesbian	15%	68%	17%
Bisexual	13%	66%	21%
Other sexual orientation	13%	62%	25%
Prefer not to say	10%	56%	34%
Total responses	12%	68%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,647.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Transgender	17%	58%	25%
Non-transgender	11%	70%	19%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	21%	47%	33%
Prefer not to say	8%	52%	40%
Total responses	11%	68%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,821.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	12%	57%	31%
11 to 49 people	14%	63%	23%
50 to 249 people	6%	62%	32%
250 people or more	19%	61%	19%
Don’t know	21%	50%	29%
Prefer not to say	26%	39%	35%
Total responses	14%	58%	28%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Children	14%	62%	24%
Young people	15%	61%	25%
LGBT people	18%	58%	25%
People with religious beliefs	11%	63%	26%
Women	18%	58%	24%
None of the above	16%	63%	21%
Total responses	14%	58%	28%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 7

The government considers that the existing codes set out by the Advertising Standards Authority and the Committee of Advertising Practice already prohibits the advertisement of conversion therapy. How far do you agree or disagree with this?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	4,404	16%
Somewhat agree	5,169	19%
Neither agree nor disagree	7,188	26%
Somewhat disagree	5,909	22%
Strongly disagree	1,485	5%
Prefer not to say	3,249	12%
Total responses	27,404

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	16%	19%	27%	22%	5%	10%
Wales	15%	19%	26%	21%	5%	15%
Scotland	15%	18%	25%	22%	5%	15%
Northern Ireland	14%	14%	21%	13%	4%	35%
Outside the UK	14%	13%	25%	26%	9%	13%
Total responses	16%	19%	26%	22%	5%	12%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,825

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	20%	19%	21%	20%	20%	7%
No	16%	19%	26%	23%	5%	11%
Maybe/ don’t know	16%	18%	25%	26%	8%	7%
Prefer not to say	15%	9%	28%	5%	4%	39%
Total responses	16%	19%	26%	22%	5%	12%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,823.

Respondents by religious background

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	22%	15%	31%	10%	7%	16%
No	13%	21%	24%	27%	5%	10%
Total responses	16%	19%	26%	22%	5%	12%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,402

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	20%	23%	29%	19%	5%	5%
Other	16%	19%	26%	22%	5%	12%
Total responses	16%	19%	26%	22%	5%	12%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,404

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	21%	20%	28%	15%	7%	10%
No	16%	19%	26%	22%	5%	12%
Total responses	16%	19%	26%	22%	5%	12%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,402

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	18%	17%	30%	14%	6%	15%
Gay or lesbian	16%	23%	22%	28%	6%	4%
Bisexual	13%	21%	22%	35%	4%	6%
Other sexual orientation	10%	19%	19%	39%	6%	6%
Prefer not to say	16%	13%	27%	11%	5%	27%
Total responses	16%	19%	26%	22%	5%	12%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,646.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	11%	20%	21%	36%	6%	6%
Non-transgender	17%	19%	27%	20%	5%	12%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	17%	14%	16%	26%	10%	17%
Prefer not to say	14%	14%	25%	16%	6%	26%
Total responses	16%	19%	26%	22%	5%	12%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,820.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	14%	13%	29%	15%	4%	25%
11 to 49 people	18%	20%	25%	14%	6%	16%
50 to 249 people	21%	10%	22%	18%	3%	26%
250 people or more	16%	13%	27%	22%	13%	7%
Don’t know	25%	17%	17%	25%	4%	13%
Prefer not to say	3%	23%	23%	16%	13%	23%
Total responses	16%	15%	26%	16%	6%	21%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	21%	15%	28%	11%	6%	18%
Young people	20%	15%	27%	15%	6%	17%
LGBT people	16%	17%	26%	24%	4%	14%
People with religious beliefs	19%	15%	27%	11%	7%	22%
Women	19%	15%	26%	16%	7%	17%
None of the above	8%	16%	26%	21%	11%	18%
Total responses	16%	15%	26%	16%	6%	21%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 8

Do you know of any examples of advertisements that you consider to be endorsing or promoting conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Yes	2,173	8%
No	19,602	72%
Prefer not to say	5,631	21%
Total responses	27,406

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
England	8%	73%	19%
Wales	7%	70%	23%
Scotland	7%	69%	24%
Northern Ireland	5%	56%	39%
Outside the UK	10%	68%	22%
Total responses	8%	72%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,828.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Yes	18%	63%	19%
No	8%	74%	19%
Maybe/ don’t know	14%	60%	26%
Prefer not to say	4%	47%	48%
Total responses	8%	72%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,823

Respondents by religious background

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Yes	5%	77%	18%
No	9%	69%	22%
Total responses	8%	72%	21%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,404

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	11%	78%	11%
Other	8%	71%	21%
Total responses	8%	72%	21%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,406

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Yes	10%	73%	17%
No	8%	71%	21%
Total responses	8%	72%	21%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,404

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	6%	75%	18%
Gay or lesbian	11%	72%	18%
Bisexual	8%	71%	21%
Other sexual orientation	9%	67%	25%
Prefer not to say	7%	59%	34%
Total responses	8%	72%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,646.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Transgender	10%	65%	26%
Non-transgender	8%	74%	19%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	19%	59%	22%
Prefer not to say	5%	54%	41%
Total responses	8%	72%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,821.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
1  to 10 people	12%	60%	28%
11 to 49 people	10%	68%	22%
50 to 249 people	10%	63%	26%
250 people or more	16%	63%	21%
Don’t know	8%	71%	21%
Prefer not to say	26%	42%	32%
Total responses	13%	62%	26%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571.

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Children	11%	69%	20%
Young people	11%	67%	22%
LGBT people	15%	62%	22%
People with religious beliefs	10%	67%	23%
Women	16%	64%	21%
None of the above	16%	61%	24%
Total responses	13%	62%	26%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571.

Question 9

The consultation document describes proposals to introduce conversion therapy protection orders to tackle a gap in provision for victims of the practice. To what extent do you agree or disagree that there is a gap in the provision for victims of conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	13,407	49%
Somewhat agree	2,941	11%
Neither agree nor disagree	4,202	15%
Somewhat disagree	1,181	4%
Strongly disagree	2,391	9%
Prefer not to say	3,283	12%
Total responses	27,405

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	50%	11%	15%	4%	9%	11%
Wales	48%	12%	16%	3%	8%	14%
Scotland	46%	10%	16%	5%	7%	16%
Northern Ireland	27%	4%	19%	4%	10%	36%
Outside the UK	55%	13%	9%	3%	11%	9%
Total responses	49%	11%	15%	4%	9%	12%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,826.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	59%	9%	11%	4%	12%	5%
No	51%	11%	15%	4%	8%	11%
Maybe/ don’t know	55%	9%	15%	5%	9%	7%
Prefer not to say	7%	3%	24%	6%	18%	43%
Total responses	49%	11%	15%	4%	9%	12%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,822.

Respondents by religious background

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	23%	8%	25%	6%	21%	17%
No	60%	12%	11%	4%	3%	10%
Total responses	49%	11%	15%	4%	9%	12%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,403

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	58%	13%	14%	6%	5%	4%
Other	49%	11%	15%	4%	9%	12%
Total responses	49%	11%	15%	4%	9%	12%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,405

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	38%	11%	18%	6%	16%	12%
No	50%	11%	15%	4%	8%	12%
Total responses	49%	11%	15%	4%	9%	12%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,403

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	31%	10%	22%	6%	15%	16%
Gay or lesbian	74%	13%	8%	1%	1%	3%
Bisexual	74%	13%	7%	2%	1%	4%
Other sexual orientation	78%	11%	5%	1%	1%	3%
Prefer not to say	18%	5%	22%	8%	16%	30%
Total responses	50%	11%	15%	4%	9%	12%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,645.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	79%	11%	5%	0%	0%	4%
Non-transgender	47%	11%	16%	5%	9%	12%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	34%	10%	17%	12%	10%	16%
Prefer not to say	30%	6%	18%	6%	14%	27%
Total responses	49%	11%	15%	4%	9%	12%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,820.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	24%	6%	23%	8%	13%	25%
11 to 49 people	34%	7%	17%	8%	18%	16%
50 to 249 people	34%	6%	19%	6%	10%	25%
250 people or more	49%	12%	9%	10%	10%	9%
Don’t know	58%	4%	17%	8%	8%	4%
Prefer not to say	16%	16%	13%	10%	10%	35%
Total responses	31%	7%	19%	8%	13%	21%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	23%	8%	21%	11%	18%	19%
Young people	29%	8%	21%	10%	16%	16%
LGBT people	49%	9%	16%	8%	9%	10%
People with religious beliefs	22%	6%	23%	9%	17%	23%
Women	31%	7%	20%	11%	15%	15%
None of the above	45%	8%	11%	3%	13%	21%
Total responses	31%	7%	19%	8%	13%	21%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 10

To what extent do you agree or disagree with our proposals for addressing this gap we have identified?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	4,982	18%
Somewhat agree	9,633	35%
Neither agree nor disagree	4,881	18%
Somewhat disagree	1,398	5%
Strongly disagree	2,780	10%
Prefer not to say	3,731	14%
Total responses	27,405

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	19%	36%	18%	5%	10%	12%
Wales	19%	34%	17%	4%	9%	15%
Scotland	16%	34%	18%	5%	9%	18%
Northern Ireland	11%	18%	21%	4%	10%	38%
Outside the UK	22%	37%	15%	3%	12%	10%
Total responses	18%	35%	18%	5%	10%	13%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,827.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	25%	33%	15%	5%	14%	7%
No	19%	37%	18%	5%	9%	12%
Maybe/ don’t know	17%	37%	20%	8%	10%	9%
Prefer not to say	3%	6%	24%	5%	19%	43%
Total responses	18%	35%	18%	5%	10%	13%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,822

Respondents by religious background

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	10%	18%	25%	6%	23%	18%
No	22%	43%	15%	4%	4%	12%
Total responses	18%	35%	18%	5%	10%	14%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,403

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	28%	35%	19%	6%	7%	6%
Other	18%	35%	18%	5%	10%	14%
Total responses	18%	35%	18%	5%	10%	14%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,405

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	16%	26%	21%	6%	18%	13%
No	18%	36%	17%	5%	9%	14%
Total responses	18%	35%	18%	5%	10%	14%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,403

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	14%	24%	23%	7%	17%	17%
Gay or lesbian	29%	47%	13%	3%	2%	6%
Bisexual	23%	55%	11%	3%	2%	6%
Other sexual orientation	21%	59%	10%	2%	1%	5%
Prefer not to say	6%	14%	21%	8%	18%	32%
Total responses	18%	36%	18%	5%	10%	13%

Respondents: Individual respondents.  Base = 26,645

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	24%	57%	10%	2%	1%	7%
Non-transgender	18%	33%	19%	5%	11%	14%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	16%	26%	14%	12%	19%	14%
Prefer not to say	8%	23%	19%	6%	16%	28%
Total responses	18%	35%	18%	5%	10%	13%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,818

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	6%	21%	23%	8%	16%	25%
11 to 49 people	8%	25%	20%	9%	20%	17%
50 to 249 people	9%	25%	16%	7%	13%	29%
250 people or more	12%	39%	10%	12%	19%	7%
Don’t know	33%	29%	8%	13%	13%	4%
Prefer not to say	10%	19%	13%	13%	13%	32%
Total responses	9%	25%	19%	9%	17%	21%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	8%	17%	22%	12%	20%	20%
Young people	10%	22%	21%	12%	18%	17%
LGBT people	13%	39%	15%	9%	13%	11%
People with religious beliefs	8%	16%	22%	9%	21%	24%
Women	10%	24%	19%	12%	19%	17%
None of the above	8%	37%	18%	8%	13%	16%
Total responses	9%	25%	19%	9%	17%	21%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 11

Charity trustees are the people who are responsible for governing a charity and directing how it is managed and run. The consultation document describes proposals whereby anyone found guilty of carrying out conversion therapy will have the case against them for being disqualified from serving as a trustee at any charity strengthened. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this approach?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	15,905	58%
Somewhat agree	1,794	7%
Neither agree nor disagree	1,654	6%
Somewhat disagree	1,137	4%
Strongly disagree	4,887	18%
Prefer not to say	2,033	7%
Total responses	27,410

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	60%	7%	6%	4%	18%	6%
Wales	57%	7%	6%	4%	16%	10%
Scotland	56%	7%	6%	4%	16%	11%
Northern Ireland	31%	4%	9%	6%	21%	29%
Outside the UK	68%	7%	3%	1%	18%	3%
Total responses	59%	7%	6%	4%	18%	7%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,828.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	64%	8%	3%	2%	21%	2%
No	61%	7%	6%	4%	16%	6%
Maybe/ don’t know	61%	7%	6%	6%	19%	2%
Prefer not to say	9%	3%	11%	6%	38%	34%
Total responses	59%	7%	6%	4%	18%	7%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,826

Respondents by religious background

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	28%	6%	9%	8%	39%	10%
No	72%	7%	5%	3%	8%	6%
Total responses	58%	7%	6%	4%	18%	7%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,407

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	69%	7%	5%	5%	12%	2%
Other	58%	7%	6%	4%	18%	8%
Total responses	58%	7%	6%	4%	18%	7%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,410

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	44%	7%	8%	6%	29%	6%
No	60%	7%	6%	4%	17%	8%
Total responses	58%	7%	6%	4%	18%	7%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,407

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	40%	6%	9%	6%	29%	10%
Gay or lesbian	86%	7%	2%	1%	3%	1%
Bisexual	85%	8%	2%	2%	3%	1%
Other sexual orientation	86%	9%	2%	1%	2%	1%
Prefer not to say	22%	4%	11%	7%	34%	23%
Total responses	59%	7%	6%	4%	17%	7%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,647.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	86%	9%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Non-transgender	56%	6%	6%	4%	19%	7%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	36%	10%	7%	12%	22%	12%
Prefer not to say	35%	4%	9%	5%	26%	21%
Total responses	59%	7%	6%	4%	18%	7%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,822.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	24%	4%	13%	11%	32%	15%
11 to 49 people	39%	3%	7%	4%	35%	13%
50 to 249 people	34%	6%	15%	4%	26%	15%
250 people or more	55%	4%	6%	3%	25%	6%
Don’t know	67%	0%	0%	4%	25%	4%
Prefer not to say	19%	0%	19%	10%	29%	23%
Total responses	34%	4%	11%	8%	31%	13%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	25%	4%	11%	7%	41%	11%
Young people	31%	4%	10%	8%	36%	10%
LGBT people	51%	5%	8%	7%	24%	6%
People with religious beliefs	23%	4%	12%	10%	39%	12%
Women	34%	3%	9%	7%	37%	9%
None of the above	55%	0%	3%	8%	24%	11%
Total responses	34%	4%	11%	8%	31%	13%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 12(a)

To what extent do you agree or disagree that the police is providing adequate action against people who might already be carrying out conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	1,442	5%
Somewhat agree	1,889	7%
Neither agree nor disagree	6,910	25%
Somewhat disagree	3,328	12%
Strongly disagree	9,150	33%
Prefer not to say	4,687	17%
Total responses	27,406

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	5%	7%	25%	12%	34%	16%
Wales	6%	5%	27%	12%	30%	19%
Scotland	6%	6%	23%	13%	34%	18%
Northern Ireland	8%	6%	22%	8%	18%	38%
Outside the UK	6%	5%	23%	12%	37%	16%
Total responses	5%	7%	25%	12%	34%	17%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,825.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	8%	4%	20%	12%	45%	11%
No	5%	7%	25%	13%	34%	15%
Maybe/ don’t know	6%	9%	20%	14%	40%	10%
Prefer not to say	8%	5%	26%	2%	7%	52%
Total responses	5%	7%	25%	12%	34%	17%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,824

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	7%	7%	32%	7%	17%	30%
No	4%	7%	22%	14%	41%	12%
Total responses	5%	7%	25%	12%	33%	17%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,402

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	6%	9%	29%	15%	33%	7%
Other	5%	7%	25%	12%	33%	17%
Total responses	5%	7%	25%	12%	33%	17%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,406

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	7%	9%	28%	11%	26%	19%
No	5%	7%	25%	12%	34%	17%
Total responses	5%	7%	25%	12%	33%	17%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,402

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	6%	8%	32%	9%	20%	25%
Gay or lesbian	5%	7%	19%	18%	48%	4%
Bisexual	4%	5%	16%	16%	54%	5%
Other sexual orientation	3%	4%	15%	17%	56%	5%
Prefer not to say	8%	6%	28%	5%	15%	39%
Total responses	5%	7%	25%	12%	34%	17%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,645

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	3%	4%	12%	15%	60%	5%
Non-transgender	5%	7%	27%	12%	31%	17%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	5%	10%	24%	8%	36%	17%
Prefer not to say	7%	4%	24%	6%	24%	34%
Total responses	5%	7%	25%	12%	34%	17%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,821.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	5%	10%	30%	6%	19%	30%
11 to 49 people	5%	9%	23%	13%	23%	28%
50 to 249 people	10%	6%	15%	7%	21%	41%
250 people or more	4%	12%	30%	9%	31%	13%
Don’t know	4%	4%	38%	8%	29%	17%
Prefer not to say	3%	13%	13%	6%	16%	48%
Total responses	6%	9%	26%	8%	22%	29%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	8%	11%	28%	6%	15%	32%
Young people	7%	12%	28%	8%	19%	27%
LGBT people	4%	9%	24%	11%	32%	19%
People with religious beliefs	7%	10%	27%	6%	16%	34%
Women	7%	11%	28%	8%	20%	26%
None of the above	3%	5%	18%	18%	32%	24%
Total responses	6%	9%	26%	8%	22%	29%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 12(b)

To what extent do you agree or disagree that the Crown Prosecution Service is providing adequate action against people who might already be carrying out conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	1,449	5%
Somewhat agree	1,965	7%
Neither agree nor disagree	7,233	26%
Somewhat disagree	3,205	12%
Strongly disagree	8,752	32%
Prefer not to say	4,802	18%
Total responses	27,406

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	5%	7%	27%	12%	33%	16%
Wales	7%	5%	28%	11%	30%	20%
Scotland	6%	6%	25%	12%	33%	19%
Northern Ireland	8%	7%	24%	6%	17%	38%
Outside the UK	7%	5%	25%	11%	33%	19%
Total responses	5%	7%	26%	12%	32%	17%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,825.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	8%	5%	20%	12%	45%	11%
No	5%	7%	27%	12%	33%	16%
Maybe/ don’t know	7%	7%	24%	12%	40%	11%
Prefer not to say	7%	5%	27%	2%	6%	52%
Total responses	5%	7%	26%	12%	32%	17%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,824

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	7%	7%	33%	7%	16%	30%
No	5%	7%	24%	14%	39%	12%
Total responses	5%	7%	26%	12%	32%	18%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,402

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	7%	9%	30%	16%	32%	8%
Other	5%	7%	26%	12%	32%	18%
Total responses	5%	7%	26%	12%	32%	18%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,406

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	7%	9%	28%	11%	25%	19%
No	5%	7%	26%	12%	33%	17%
Total responses	5%	7%	26%	12%	32%	18%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,402

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	6%	8%	33%	9%	19%	25%
Gay or lesbian	5%	7%	20%	17%	46%	4%
Bisexual	4%	6%	18%	15%	51%	5%
Other sexual orientation	3%	4%	17%	16%	54%	6%
Prefer not to say	8%	6%	29%	4%	14%	39%
Total responses	5%	7%	26%	12%	32%	17%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,645

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	4%	4%	15%	15%	57%	6%
Non-transgender	5%	8%	28%	12%	30%	18%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	5%	10%	25%	8%	32%	19%
Prefer not to say	7%	4%	25%	6%	23%	35%
Total responses	5%	7%	26%	12%	32%	17%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,821.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	5%	9%	31%	7%	18%	30%
11 to 49 people	8%	5%	26%	11%	24%	27%
50 to 249 people	12%	6%	13%	9%	18%	43%
250 people or more	6%	13%	28%	9%	30%	13%
Don’t know	4%	13%	29%	13%	25%	17%
Prefer not to say	3%	13%	13%	6%	16%	48%
Total responses	6%	9%	26%	8%	21%	29%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	9%	11%	29%	6%	14%	32%
Young people	8%	11%	29%	8%	17%	27%
LGBT people	5%	9%	24%	12%	31%	19%
People with religious beliefs	9%	9%	28%	6%	16%	34%
Women	8%	11%	29%	8%	19%	26%
None of the above	3%	5%	18%	21%	29%	24%
Total responses	6%	9%	26%	8%	21%	29%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 12(c)

To what extent do you agree or disagree that OTHER statutory service is providing adequate action against people who might already be carrying out conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	1,316	5%
Somewhat agree	1,632	6%
Neither agree nor disagree	8,317	30%
Somewhat disagree	2,816	10%
Strongly disagree	8,153	30%
Prefer not to say	5,172	19%
Total responses	27,406

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	5%	6%	31%	11%	30%	18%
Wales	6%	5%	30%	11%	27%	21%
Scotland	5%	5%	28%	10%	32%	20%
Northern Ireland	7%	6%	27%	5%	16%	39%
Outside the UK	6%	4%	29%	9%	31%	20%
Total responses	5%	6%	30%	10%	30%	19%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,826.

Respondents who have had conversion practice

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	8%	4%	24%	10%	42%	12%
No	5%	6%	31%	11%	31%	17%
Maybe/ don’t know	6%	6%	29%	10%	36%	13%
Prefer not to say	7%	4%	28%	2%	6%	53%
Total responses	5%	6%	30%	10%	30%	19%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,825.

Respondents by whether they have ‘religious background’

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	6%	6%	35%	6%	15%	31%
No	4%	6%	28%	12%	36%	13%
Total responses	5%	6%	30%	10%	30%	19%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,402

Respondents by whether medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	7%	8%	35%	13%	28%	9%
Other	5%	6%	30%	10%	30%	19%
Total responses	5%	6%	30%	10%	30%	19%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,406

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	6%	6%	35%	6%	15%	31%
No	4%	6%	28%	12%	36%	13%
Total responses	5%	6%	30%	10%	30%	19%

Respondents: All  respondents. Base = 27,402

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	5%	7%	36%	8%	18%	26%
Gay or lesbian	4%	6%	26%	15%	43%	6%
Bisexual	4%	5%	24%	13%	48%	7%
Other sexual orientation	3%	4%	21%	13%	51%	8%
Prefer not to say	7%	5%	31%	4%	14%	40%
Total responses	5%	6%	30%	10%	30%	18%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,645.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	3%	3%	20%	13%	53%	8%
Non-transgender	5%	6%	32%	10%	28%	19%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	3%	8%	31%	8%	29%	20%
Prefer not to say	6%	3%	28%	5%	21%	36%
Total responses	5%	6%	30%	10%	30%	19%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,821.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	5%	6%	32%	9%	17%	31%
11 to 49 people	5%	8%	30%	8%	23%	27%
50 to 249 people	9%	4%	16%	12%	18%	41%
250 people or more	6%	9%	28%	16%	27%	13%
Don’t know		13%	33%	8%	29%	17%
Prefer not to say	3%	6%	23%	3%	16%	48%
Total responses	5%	7%	29%	10%	20%	30%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	8%	9%	31%	6%	14%	32%
Young people	7%	8%	31%	9%	17%	28%
LGBT people	5%	8%	25%	13%	30%	20%
People with religious beliefs	7%	7%	31%	7%	15%	34%
Women	6%	8%	30%	11%	18%	26%
None of the above	3%	5%	18%	18%	32%	24%
Total responses	5%	7%	29%	10%	20%	30%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 13(a)

To what extent do you agree or disagree that the Police is providing adequate support for victims of conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	720	3%
Somewhat agree	1,272	5%
Neither agree nor disagree	7,839	29%
Somewhat disagree	3,215	12%
Strongly disagree	9,296	34%
Prefer not to say	5,062	18%
Total responses	27,404

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	2%	5%	29%	12%	35%	17%
Wales	3%	4%	30%	11%	31%	21%
Scotland	3%	4%	26%	11%	36%	19%
Northern Ireland	5%	4%	27%	6%	19%	39%
Outside the UK	4%	4%	24%	12%	38%	18%
Total responses	3%	5%	29%	12%	34%	18%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,824.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	6%	4%	20%	12%	46%	12%
No	2%	5%	29%	12%	35%	17%
Maybe/ don’t know	4%	5%	26%	11%	42%	11%
Prefer not to say	4%	4%	29%	2%	6%	55%
Total responses	3%	5%	29%	12%	34%	18%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,822

Respondents by whether they have a religious background

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	4%	5%	37%	6%	16%	31%
No	2%	5%	25%	14%	42%	13%
Total responses	3%	5%	29%	12%	34%	18%

Respondents: All  respondents. Base = 27,400

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	3%	6%	33%	18%	33%	7%
Other	3%	5%	28%	12%	34%	19%
Total responses	3%	5%	29%	12%	34%	18%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,404

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	4%	6%	34%	10%	25%	20%
No	2%	5%	28%	12%	35%	18%
Total responses	3%	5%	29%	12%	34%	18%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,400

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	3%	5%	37%	9%	20%	26%
Gay or lesbian	2%	5%	22%	17%	49%	5%
Bisexual	1%	3%	17%	16%	56%	6%
Other sexual orientation	1%	3%	15%	16%	59%	6%
Prefer not to say	4%	4%	32%	4%	15%	41%
Total responses	3%	5%	28%	12%	34%	18%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,644.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	1%	3%	13%	15%	63%	6%
Non-transgender	3%	5%	31%	12%	31%	19%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	4%	5%	28%	4%	42%	18%
Prefer not to say	4%	3%	27%	5%	25%	36%
Total responses	3%	5%	29%	12%	34%	18%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,818.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	2%	5%	37%	5%	18%	33%
11 to 49 people	2%	5%	28%	12%	23%	31%
50 to 249 people	3%	6%	16%	13%	19%	43%
250 people or more	3%	4%	34%	12%	33%	13%
Don’t know	0%	4%	38%	13%	33%	13%
Prefer not to say	6%	10%	19%	6%	13%	45%
Total responses	2%	5%	31%	9%	21%	31%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	4%	7%	36%	6%	14%	34%
Young people	3%	7%	35%	8%	18%	29%
LGBT people	2%	6%	28%	11%	33%	21%
People with religious beliefs	3%	5%	33%	7%	15%	36%
Women	2%	7%	33%	9%	21%	28%
None of the above	0%	5%	24%	16%	32%	24%
Total responses	2%	5%	31%	9%	21%	31%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 13(b)

To what extent do you agree or disagree that the Crown Prosecution Service is providing adequate support for victims of conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	728	3%
Somewhat agree	1,239	5%
Neither agree nor disagree	8,217	30%
Somewhat disagree	3,111	11%
Strongly disagree	8,943	33%
Prefer not to say	5,165	19%
Total responses	27,403

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	3%	5%	30%	12%	33%	17%
Wales	3%	4%	30%	11%	31%	21%
Scotland	3%	4%	28%	11%	34%	20%
Northern Ireland	5%	4%	28%	6%	18%	39%
Outside the UK	4%	4%	27%	10%	34%	21%
Total responses	3%	5%	30%	11%	33%	19%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,823

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	5%	4%	21%	12%	45%	12%
No	2%	5%	30%	12%	34%	17%
Maybe/ don’t know	4%	5%	28%	10%	40%	12%
Prefer not to say	4%	4%	29%	2%	6%	55%
Total responses	3%	5%	30%	11%	33%	19%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,822

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	4%	5%	38%	6%	16%	31%
No	2%	4%	26%	14%	40%	13%
Total responses	3%	5%	30%	11%	33%	19%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,398

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	3%	6%	34%	16%	33%	8%
Other	3%	4%	30%	11%	33%	19%
Total responses	3%	5%	30%	11%	33%	19%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,403

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	4%	5%	35%	10%	25%	20%
No	2%	4%	29%	11%	33%	19%
Total responses	3%	5%	30%	11%	33%	19%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,398.

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	3%	5%	38%	9%	19%	26%
Gay or lesbian	2%	4%	24%	17%	47%	6%
Bisexual	2%	3%	20%	15%	54%	7%
Other sexual orientation	1%	3%	18%	15%	57%	7%
Prefer not to say	5%	4%	32%	4%	14%	41%
Total responses	3%	5%	30%	11%	33%	18%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,644.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	1%	3%	16%	14%	59%	7%
Non-transgender	3%	5%	32%	11%	30%	19%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	4%	5%	33%	5%	35%	18%
Prefer not to say	4%	3%	27%	5%	24%	36%
Total responses	3%	5%	30%	11%	33%	19%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,818.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	2%	5%	37%	4%	19%	33%
11 to 49 people	2%	5%	29%	13%	22%	30%
50 to 249 people	4%	6%	16%	10%	19%	44%
250 people or more	3%	3%	37%	9%	34%	13%
Don’t know	0%	4%	38%	8%	33%	17%
Prefer not to say	10%	10%	16%	6%	13%	45%
Total responses	3%	5%	32%	8%	22%	32%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571.

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	3%	7%	37%	4%	15%	34%
Young people	4%	6%	36%	6%	19%	29%
LGBT people	2%	5%	29%	10%	33%	21%
People with religious beliefs	3%	5%	34%	5%	16%	36%
Women	3%	7%	33%	7%	22%	28%
None of the above	3%	5%	21%	16%	32%	24%
Total responses	3%	5%	32%	8%	22%	32%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571.

Question 13(c)

To what extent do you agree or disagree that OTHER statutory service is providing adequate support for victims of conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Strongly agree	756	3%
Somewhat agree	1,215	4%
Neither agree nor disagree	8,866	32%
Somewhat disagree	2,963	11%
Strongly disagree	8,172	30%
Prefer not to say	5,432	20%
Total responses	27,404

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
England	3%	4%	33%	11%	30%	18%
Wales	3%	4%	33%	9%	30%	22%
Scotland	3%	5%	30%	11%	31%	21%
Northern Ireland	5%	4%	30%	5%	16%	40%
Outside the UK	4%	4%	30%	9%	32%	22%
Total responses	3%	4%	32%	11%	30%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,823.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	5%	5%	24%	10%	43%	13%
No	3%	4%	33%	11%	31%	18%
Maybe/ don’t know	4%	5%	29%	10%	38%	13%
Prefer not to say	4%	3%	29%	2%	6%	55%
Total responses	3%	4%	32%	11%	30%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,822.

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	4%	5%	39%	6%	14%	32%
No	2%	4%	29%	13%	37%	14%
Total responses	3%	4%	32%	11%	30%	20%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,400.

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	3%	7%	39%	15%	27%	9%
Other	3%	4%	32%	11%	30%	20%
Total responses	3%	4%	32%	11%	30%	20%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,404.

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Yes	4%	6%	36%	10%	22%	21%
No	3%	4%	32%	11%	31%	20%
Total responses	3%	4%	32%	11%	30%	20%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,400.

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	3%	5%	39%	8%	17%	27%
Gay or lesbian	2%	5%	28%	15%	43%	7%
Bisexual	2%	4%	24%	15%	48%	8%
Other sexual orientation	1%	3%	21%	14%	52%	9%
Prefer not to say	4%	3%	33%	5%	13%	42%
Total responses	3%	4%	32%	11%	30%	19%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,644.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Transgender	2%	3%	20%	13%	53%	9%
Non-transgender	3%	5%	34%	11%	28%	20%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	4%	9%	30%	5%	35%	18%
Prefer not to say	4%	3%	30%	5%	22%	37%
Total responses	3%	4%	32%	11%	30%	20%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,818.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	2%	3%	37%	6%	18%	33%
11 to 49 people	3%	5%	28%	13%	21%	30%
50 to 249 people	4%	4%	18%	10%	18%	46%
250 people or more	3%	3%	34%	13%	33%	13%
Don’t know	0%	8%	33%	8%	32%	17%
Prefer not to say	6%	6%	16%	6%	16%	48%
Total responses	3%	4%	31%	9%	21%	32%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571.

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Prefer not to say
Children	5%	5%	36%	5%	15%	35%
Young people	4%	4%	35%	8%	19%	30%
LGBT people	2%	4%	29%	12%	32%	21%
People with religious beliefs	4%	4%	34%	5%	15%	37%
Women	4%	4%	33%	9%	21%	29%
None of the above	3%	3%	18%	21%	32%	24%
Total responses	3%	4%	31%	9%	21%	32%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571.

Question 14

Do you think that these services (Police, Crown Prosecution Service, OTHER statutory service) can do more to support victims of conversion therapy?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Yes	17,266	63%
No	1,996	7%
Prefer not to say	8,142	30%
Total responses	27,404

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
England	65%	7%	28%
Wales	60%	7%	33%
Scotland	61%	8%	31%
Northern Ireland	34%	9%	58%
Outside the UK	73%	8%	19%
Total responses	63%	7%	29%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,823.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Yes	73%	10%	16%
No	66%	7%	27%
Maybe/ don’t know	71%	9%	20%
Prefer not to say	12%	10%	79%
Total responses	63%	7%	30%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,821.

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Yes	34%	15%	51%
No	76%	4%	20%
Total responses	63%	7%	30%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,400.

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Medical Practitioner	75%	7%	18%
Other	63%	7%	30%
Total responses	63%	7%	30%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,404.

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion therapy, or religious organisations

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Yes	52%	12%	36%
No	64%	7%	29%
Total responses	63%	7%	30%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,400

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Straight/heterosexual	45%	12%	43%
Gay or lesbian	89%	2%	9%
Bisexual	90%	2%	8%
Other sexual orientation	92%	2%	7%
Prefer not to say	27%	11%	61%
Total responses	64%	7%	29%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,645.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Transgender	92%	2%	7%
Non-transgender	61%	8%	31%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	61%	7%	32%
Prefer not to say	40%	9%	51%
Total responses	63%	7%	29%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,818.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
1 to 10 people	34%	10%	55%
11 to 49 people	45%	14%	41%
50 to 249 people	44%	10%	46%
250 people or more	58%	15%	27%
Don’t know	67%	13%	21%
Prefer not to say	35%	6%	58%
Total responses	42%	12%	47%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571.

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Yes	No	Prefer not to say
Children	33%	16%	52%
Young people	39%	13%	48%
LGBT people	60%	8%	32%
People with religious beliefs	31%	15%	54%
Women	43%	12%	44%
None of the above	55%	8%	37%
Total responses	42%	12%	47%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Question 15

Do you have any evidence on the economic or financial costs or benefits of any of the proposals set out in the consultation?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Yes	1,025	4%
No	26,380	96%
Total responses	27,405

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Yes	No
England	4%	96%
Wales	4%	96%
Scotland	4%	96%
Northern Ireland	2%	98%
Outside the UK	6%	94%
Total responses	4%	96%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,823.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Yes	No
Yes	11%	89%
No	3%	97%
Maybe/ don’t know	7%	93%
Prefer not to say	5%	95%
Total responses	4%	96%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,822.

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Yes	No
Yes	5%	95%
No	4%	96%
Total responses	4%	96%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,401.

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Yes	No
Medical Practitioner	5%	95%
Other	4%	96%
Total responses	4%	96%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,405

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Yes	No
Yes	5%	95%
No	3%	97%
Total responses	4%	96%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,401.

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Yes	No
Straight/heterosexual	3%	97%
Gay or lesbian	4%	96%
Bisexual	3%	97%
Other sexual orientation	4%	96%
Prefer not to say	5%	95%
Total responses	4%	96%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,645.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Yes	No
Transgender	4%	96%
Non-transgender	4%	96%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	12%	88%
Prefer not to say	5%	95%
Total responses	4%	96%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,818.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Yes	No
1 to 10 people	6%	94%
11 to 49 people	7%	93%
50 to 249 people	3%	97%
250 people or more	6%	94%
Don’t know	4%	96%
Prefer not to say	6%	94%
Total responses	6%	94%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Yes	No
Children	4%	96%
Young people	4%	96%
LGBT people	7%	93%
People with religious beliefs	4%	96%
Women	7%	93%
None of the above	8%	92%
Total responses	6%	94%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571.

Question 16

There is a duty on public authorities to consider or think about how their policies or decisions affect people who are protected under the Equality Act 2010. Do you have any evidence of the equalities impacts of any proposals set out in the consultation?

All respondents

Responses	Count	Percentage
Yes	5,732	21%
No	21,673	79%
Total responses	27,405

Respondents: All respondents.

Respondents by country

Country	Yes	No
England	20%	80%
Wales	21%	79%
Scotland	23%	77%
Northern Ireland	28%	72%
Outside the UK	17%	83%
Total responses	21%	79%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,823.

Respondents who have had conversion practices

Responses	Yes	No
Yes	25%	75%
No	19%	81%
Maybe/ don’t know	22%	78%
Prefer not to say	47%	53%
Total responses	21%	79%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,820.

Respondents by ‘religious background’

Responses	Yes	No
Yes	33%	67%
No	16%	84%
Total responses	21%	79%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,400

Respondents by medical practitioner

Responses	Yes	No
Medical Practitioner	19%	81%
Other	21%	79%
Total responses	21%	79%

Respondents: All respondents. Base = 27,405.

Organisations or individuals working on behalf of LGBT people or victims of conversion practices, or religious organisations

Responses	Yes	No
Yes	31%	69%
No	20%	80%
Total responses	21%	79%

Respondents: All respondents.Base = 27,400.

Respondents by sexual orientation

Responses	Yes	No
Straight/heterosexual	26%	74%
Gay or lesbian	12%	88%
Bisexual	11%	89%
Other sexual orientation	10%	90%
Prefer not to say	40%	60%
Total responses	20%	80%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,645.

Respondents by gender identity

Responses	Yes	No
Transgender	11%	89%
Non-transgender	21%	79%
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	47%	53%
Prefer not to say	33%	67%
Total responses	21%	79%

Respondents: Individual respondents. Base = 26,818.

Respondents by organisation size

Responses	Yes	No
1 to 10 people	46%	54%
11 to 49 people	33%	67%
50 to 249 people	37%	63%
250 people or more	28%	72%
Don’t know	25%	75%
Prefer not to say	58%	42%
Total responses	40%	60%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571.

Organisations working on behalf of specific populations

Responses	Yes	No
Children	43%	57%
Young people	40%	60%
LGBT people	37%	63%
People with religious beliefs	44%	56%
Women	40%	60%
None of the above	34%	66%
Total responses	40%	60%

Respondents: Organisation respondents. Base = 571

Annex C: Technical approach to qualitative analysis

The consultation included 13 open-format questions with free-text fields. To analyse these responses, the research team followed an approach that combined manual and automated coding.

Developing an initial codebook of themes

Following the approach developed by Fereday and Muir-Cochrane (2007), the team created an initial set of themes and ideas based on the consultation, an understanding of the policy context, and wording of specific questions (the deductive phase), with further themes added as part of the review process (the inductive phase). This set of themes formed the basis of a codebook to ensure consistency across members of the research team, with each theme in the codebook reviewed until the team agreed criteria and examples of the theme.

Initial manual coding

A random sample of free-text responses for each open-format question was manually reviewed and coded into themes, with team members adding to the codebook as needed. The coding was reviewed by a second coder as part of quality assurance. A set of 23 organisational responses submitted via Citizen Space were manually reviewed in their entirety, in addition to all organisational responses submitted via email and post.

Integrated manual and automated text analysis

Due to the high number and complexity of responses, automated text analysis was used to replicate the process of manual coding, following a four-step process:

Data cleaning

Very short responses such as ‘Yes’, ‘No’, and ‘N/A’ were removed from the analysis, as these could not be effectively modelled through automated text analysis. In addition, all text was converted to lowercase and extra white spaces were removed. At this point, 2 datasets were produced. The first had stopwords (short, common words that do not add to a sentence’s meaning) removed and keywords stemmed or lemmatised (so different inflections of the same word were grouped together). This would be the input for unsupervised topic modelling and supervised learning. The second did not undergo additional changes and would be the input for unsupervised zero-shot learning.

Unsupervised learning

2 techniques were used to automatically identify topics within the free-text responses to each question: topic modelling using hierarchal clustering (which groups responses based on their dissimilarity) and zero-shot learning (which takes the codebook of themes identified from initial manual coding as input and applies natural language inference techniques to assign themes to responses).

Text augmentation and supervised learning

To increase the size of the labelled dataset (from the initial manual coding), the research team defined and applied transformation functions (which can be applied to a single training data point to create another valid training data point with the same theme). These functions included synonym replacement (for verbs and adjectives) and random insertions, swaps, and deletions (following the approach of Wei and Zou 2019) and were applied on 50% of the labelled dataset to generate 16 augmented responses per original response. Linear Support Vector Classification (Linear SVC) and Naïve Bayes estimators were then applied on the augmented dataset to predict themes for responses not included in the initial manual coding.

Manual review and triangulation

The research team then manually reviewed a sample of responses labelled through the automatic text analysis, comparing outputs from the different methods. Feedback on correctly and incorrectly labelled responses was then incorporated into the automated text analysis through changing model parameters and inputs (such as the specific wording of themes), revising how responses were assigned to different themes or applying specific programmatic rules and heuristics. This approach was iterated until the research team agreed on 90% of the themes assigned by the automated text analysis within the sample of responses.

Thematic analysis

For each open-ended question, a descriptive summary has been presented of key themes emerging from the integrated manual and automated text analysis. While it is difficult to provide accurate counts of responses allocated to each theme, in general themes are presented in approximate order of the number of corresponding responses. Individual quotes have been included where appropriate to illustrate the narrative around specific themes, and quotes were only selected from respondents who provided permission for their views to be published and with any potential identifiers (such as the name of a specific organisation) removed.