Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 19488

Prisoners: Transgender People

Tabled: 11 December 2024

Answered: 18 December 2024

Question

Ian Sollom

Liberal Democrat — St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to prevent transgender women being placed in male population prisons while their cases are reviewed.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Transgender women that have a history of violent and/or sexual offences, or retain their birth genitalia, are initially allocated to the men’s prison estate. Arrangements are made to keep them and other prisoners safe ahead of risk assessments that consid...

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