Question follow-through · 45766
Prisoners: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the rights of biological women are protected in female prisons.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the rights of biological women are protected in female prisons.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
We have a range of policies in place to ensure that the rights of female prisoners are protected.With regard to transgender prisoners, the Supreme Court ruling brings clarity and confidence for women and service providers.We inherited the current policy r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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