Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 56664

Prisoners' Transfers: Transgender People

Tabled: 2 June 2025

Answered: 10 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Rebecca Paul

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the process for authorising the approval of the transfer of a biological male prisoner into the female prison estate.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

There are currently seven biological male prisoners at HMP Downview and all of them are on E Wing, which is a transgender only facility.No transgender women who retain their birth genitalia, and/or have any history of sexual or violent offences, can be he...

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