Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 97789

Prisoners: Transgender People

Tabled: 8 December 2025

Answered: 11 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Robert Jenrick

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many transgender prisoners with convictions for (a) sexual and (b) violent offences are housed within the general female prison estate; and how many of those prisoners have been granted a Ministerial exemptio

Answer

Jake Richards

As of 1 December, there were no transgender women, including individuals with Gender Recognition Certificates, in the general women's prison estate with any convictions for sexual offences and five or fewer transgender women with convictions for violent o...

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