Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 56552

HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People

Tabled: 2 June 2025

Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

Rebecca Paul

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 52148 on HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People, whether procedures used to assess the risk posed by transgender prisoners housed on E Wing of HMP Downview include

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Prior to any placement, a risk assessment would be carried out by a multidisciplinary panel chaired by a specially trained senior prison manager, with senior staff from the HMPPS Womens Group including a psychologist. Assessments take account of all known...

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