Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 52148

HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People

Tabled: 13 May 2025

Answered: 20 May 2025

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Question

Rebecca Paul

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2025 to Question 50011 on HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People, when the seven male prisoners held at HMP Downview will be moved to the men's prison estate; and what steps her Depa

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

This Government inherited the policy regarding allocation of transgender prisoners from the previous government and have not moved any transgender women into the women’s estate since taking office.We are reviewing transgender prisoner policy in light of t...

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