Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 30555

Prisoners: Transgender People

Tabled: 10 February 2025

Answered: 19 February 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that biological males who identify as female are not housed in women’s prisons.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

We take the allocation of transgender prisoners very seriously. It is right that there are safeguards in place to protect the safety of vulnerable women, and well over 90% of transgender women in custody are held in men’s prisons.Transgender women who hav...

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