Rebecca Paul MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males are held in HMP Downview.
Answer: As of 1 July, seven prisoners were being held on E Wing, the separate unit for transgender women at HMP/YOI Downview. There were no transgender women being held in other parts of the prison.We are reviewing allocation policy in light of the Supreme Court ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP High Down and HMP/YOI Downview: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on staff by prisoners have taken place at (a) HMP Downview and (b) HMP High Down in Banstead in the last 12 months.
Answer: The latest data on assaults on staff, broken down by prison, covers the year up to December 2024. It is published in table 8e of the Safety in Custody summary tables to December 2024, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has reviewed the validity of its insurance policies for HMP Downview, in the context of the imprisonment of biological males at that prison.
Answer: In line with HM Treasury’s guidance Managing Public Money, HMPPS does not buy general commercial insurance to protect against risk.In line with HM Treasury guidance, HMP/YOI Downview has not taken out commercial insurance on the basis that it is better va...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI DownviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) facilities and (b) services the biological males held in HMP Downview share with women prisoners simultaneously.
Answer: The general female estate comprises the establishments in which female prisoners are accommodated. E Wing at HMP/YOI Downview is a special unit: it is not part of the general women's estate. Prisoners on E Wing are located separately from all other prison...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI DownviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males were held in HMP Downview on 1 June 2025.
Answer: The general female estate comprises the establishments in which female prisoners are accommodated. E Wing at HMP/YOI Downview is a special unit: it is not part of the general women's estate. Prisoners on E Wing are located separately from all other prison...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI DownviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 56664 on Prisoners' Transfers: Transgender People, whether E Wing at HMP Downview is considered to be in the women's or men's prison estate.
Answer: The general female estate comprises the establishments in which female prisoners are accommodated. E Wing at HMP/YOI Downview is a special unit: it is not part of the general women's estate. Prisoners on E Wing are located separately from all other prison...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: WomenMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 56664 on Prisoners' Transfers: Transgender People, what is the definition of general female estate.
Answer: The general female estate comprises the establishments in which female prisoners are accommodated. E Wing at HMP/YOI Downview is a special unit: it is not part of the general women's estate. Prisoners on E Wing are located separately from all other prison...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordReparation by OffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason it is her policy to no longer allow the Prison Fellowship Sycamore Tree Programme to operate in prisons.
Answer: All interventions that aim to change attitudes, thinking, emotions or behaviour are governed by the National Framework for Interventions Policy Framework issued by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS): National Framework for Interventions Policy Framew...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Transfers: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56664More
Question: 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: 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...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biologically male prisoners have been placed at HMP Downview since 4 July 2024.
Answer: 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...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact transgender prison policies on the (a) safety, (b) dignity and (c) privacy of biologically female prisoners.
Answer: 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...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the risk assessments undertaken before granting transgender prisoners access to the women’s estate include input from (a) trauma specialists and (b) safeguarding professionals familiar with the needs of v
Answer: 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...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56552More
Question: 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: 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...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56551More
Question: 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, what procedures are used to assess the risk posed by transgender prisoners housed on E Wing of HMP Downview before
Answer: 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...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen's Prisons: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904355More
Question: How many biological males are held in women's prisons.
Answer: No transgender women who retain their birth genitalia, or have any history of sexual or violent offences, can be held in the general women’s estate unless an exemption is granted by a Minister.The number of transgender women prisoners in the general women...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordJoanna Rowland-StuartMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the transfer of Joanna Rowland-Stuart to HMP Downview was authorised by her Department; and what the authorisation process was.
Answer: We do not provide information that includes the personal details of individuals.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2025 to Question 50011 on HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People, when the seven male prisoners held at HMP Downview will be moved to the men's prison estate; and what steps her Depa
Answer: This Government inherited the policy regarding allocation of transgender prisoners from the previous government and have not moved any transgender women into the women’s estate since taking office.We are reviewing transgender prisoner policy in light of t...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to stop biological males being housed in E wing at HMP Downview.
Answer: As of 1 May 2025, there were 7 transgender women held on E Wing. Other than on E Wing, there were no transgender women held in HMP Downview. The figures are compiled from local operational data and are therefore not directly comparable with official stati...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when biological male prisoners at HMP Downview will be transferred to male prisons.
Answer: As of 1 May 2025, there were 7 transgender women held on E Wing. Other than on E Wing, there were no transgender women held in HMP Downview. The figures are compiled from local operational data and are therefore not directly comparable with official stati...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biologically male prisoners are held at HMP Downview.
Answer: As of 1 May 2025, there were 7 transgender women held on E Wing. Other than on E Wing, there were no transgender women held in HMP Downview. The figures are compiled from local operational data and are therefore not directly comparable with official stati...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP/YOI Downview: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological male prisoners are held in E Wing in HMP Downview.
Answer: As of 1 May 2025, there were 7 transgender women held on E Wing. Other than on E Wing, there were no transgender women held in HMP Downview. The figures are compiled from local operational data and are therefore not directly comparable with official stati...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HMPPS Offender Equalities Annual Report 2023-2024, published on 28 November 2024, how many of the 50 transgender prisoners who reported their legal gender as female were convicted of a sexua
Answer: Of the 245 transgender prisoners who reported their legal gender as male (i.e. those who now identify as women, non-binary or gender-fluid) on 31 March 2024, 151 were convicted of a sexual offence. This includes both contact and non-contact sexual offence...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HMPPS Offender Equalities Annual Report 2023-2024, published on 28 November 2024, how many of the 245 transgender prisoners who reported their legal gender as male were convicted of a sexual
Answer: Of the 245 transgender prisoners who reported their legal gender as male (i.e. those who now identify as women, non-binary or gender-fluid) on 31 March 2024, 151 were convicted of a sexual offence. This includes both contact and non-contact sexual offence...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress she has made on progressing prisoners who remain in custody on Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences and who have served their minimum term towards release from incarceration.
Answer: This Government is focused, as a matter of urgency, on ensuring that all serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) prisoners have the opportunity to reduce their risk, via effective and deliverable sentence plans, as well as supporting them to enga...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: ReigateMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men have been released from prisons in Reigate constituency under the early release scheme in September 2024.
Answer: Data on SDS40 releases in specific areas such as Reigate forms a subset of data intended for future publication. The number of prison places projected to be saved nationally is in the Impact Assessment published on 17 July 2024.
Answered 11 Oct 2024
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