Transgender Population - Watchdog launches probe amid concern ONS figures on the transgender population have been 'substantially' overestimated

 Watchdog launches probe amid concern ONS figures on the transgender population have been 'substantially' overestimated

• ONS figures said there are 262,000 transgender people in England and Wales 
  
  
  

• The statistics regulator yesterday launched a formal probe into fears that the transgender population has been 'substantially' overestimated.

  The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) said it was reviewing findings from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggesting that there are 262,000 transgender people in England and Wales.

  In a letter to Jen Woolford, the ONS's director of population statistics, OSR boss Ed Humpherson said it was launching the review after 'concerns being raised with us regarding the correlation of gender identity with other characteristics'.

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