Trans population may have been 'significantly overestimated' in 2021 census

 Trans population may have been 'significantly overestimated' in 2021 census - raising fears focus on transgender issues is being 'exaggerated'

• The ONS suggested there are 262,000 transgender people in England and Wales
• Carl Heneghan said the ONS findings could be 'biased' based on validity tests
  
  
  

• MPs and campaigners yesterday voiced concerns about an 'exaggerated' focus on transgender issues as it emerged official statistics may have 'significantly overestimated' the trans population.

  Findings from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggesting there are 262,000 transgender people in England and Wales should be 'treated with caution', academics said.

  Carl Heneghan, director of Oxford University's Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, said the ONS findings could be 'biased' because it does not do fieldwork to test their validity.

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