So, when do you become a grown-up in the UK?

The UK Government is still very sensitive about a document circulated in August 2015 by the Department of Education entitled "School Transgender Guidance" which, it said was "best practice" and which was all about "empowering teachers to encourage and support" trangenderism in schools at the "earliest stages".

The document stated that children as young as 2 could be identified as suffering from gender dysphoria and that "awareness of Trans issues can be embedded with the personal, social, health and economic curriculum from the beginning". Indeed children as young as 12 should be taught transgender ideals and gender theory and that "resources" should be available for teachers from the "earliest stage".

The document was nothing if not all-encompassing. It was produced by a Police Department called the "dedicated equalities and diversities department" which, no doubt, is in the front line in the fight against crime.

The "resources" provided to teachers by the document includes how to handle the matter of changing a student's name on an exam paper to reflect their new transgender identity, the matter of "alternative swimwear" and advice that transgender students should use the disabled restroom although there was no comment on what effect this might have on disabled students.

What I particularly liked was the provided "useful book list" which included such classics as "The Boy in the Dress", "My Princess Boy" and "The Sissy Duckling" for primary school students and "Freak Show and "Tutus Aren't My Style" for older students.

It has also been revealed that a National Health Service Clinic in London, the Tavistock Clinic, began giving pre-pubescent children hormone blockers since 2011 as part of its "early intervention" study of treating children who may identify as transgender. Of course, all of this is done at the taxpayers' expense.

The director of the clinic's Gender Identity Service Dr Polly Carmichael admitted that, "You are asking someone aged as young as 11 to make big decisions about their adult life and identity" but added that it was "better" that children started "transitioning" before starting to go through puberty. Better for whom wasn't exactly explained.

All of this may be wonderful news for children who have made the mature, responsible and fully informed decision to start the process to become a transgender person but fortunately they still can't buy a drink or vote in a UK general election until they are 18.

After all, this Conservative Government is firmly committed to upholding what they are pleased to call traditional values. What a relief!