Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 91837

HMP/YOI Downview: Sexual Offences

Tabled: 17 November 2025

Answered: 20 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Rebecca Paul

Conservative — Reigate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual assaults of female prisoners by biologically male prisoners took place in HMP Downview in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019.

Answer

There were no recorded sexual assaults of female prisoners by biologically male prisoners at HMP & YOI Downview, during the specified periods.