Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 72902

HMP/YOI Downview: Costs

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Rebecca Paul

ConservativeReigate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost to the public purse is of housing a prisoner in (a) E Wing of HMP Downview and (b) the general women's estate within HMP Downview.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones
As of 1 August 2025, five biologically male prisoners were held at HMP/YOI Downview. All were accommodated on E Wing. Since 4 July 2024, seven prisoners have been placed in the unit. No prisoners have moved from E Wing into the general women's estate unde...

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