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HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological male prisoners are held in E Wing in HMP Downview.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
2 May 2025
Target answer date
8 May 2025
Answer
9 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological male prisoners are held in E Wing in HMP Downview.

  2. 8 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 May 2025

    Answer published

    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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People

13 May 2025 · 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

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Joanna Rowland-Stuart

20 May 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Women's Prisons: Transgender People

22 May 2025 · How many biological males are held in women's prisons.

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HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People

2 Jun 2025 · 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

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HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People

2 Jun 2025 · 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

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prisoners: Transgender People

2 Jun 2025 · 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

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Prisoners: Transgender People

2 Jun 2025 · 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.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People

2 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biologically male prisoners have been placed at HMP Downview since 4 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prisoners' Transfers: Transgender People

2 Jun 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Reparation by Offenders

19 Jun 2025 · 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.

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Prisons: Women

24 Jun 2025 · 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview

24 Jun 2025 · 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.