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Question follow-through · 51904

Prisoners: Gender Recognition

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have a gender recognition certificate.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have a gender recognition certificate.

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    The number of prisoners known to have a Gender Recognition Certificate is published in the annual HM Prison & Probation Service Offender Equalities Report.In 2023/24, there were 10 prisoners known to have a Gender Recognition Certificate. The full rep...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Prisoners: Gender Recognition

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