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HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People

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

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
4 Jun 2025
Answer
10 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 4 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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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.

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24 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males were held in HMP Downview on 1 June 2025.

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24 Jun 2025 · 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.

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30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males are held in HMP Downview.

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7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62457 on HMP/YOI Downview, how many of the seven males held on E Wing have access to the general women's estate for (a) work and (b) other services.

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29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males have been placed in E Wing of HMP Downview since 4 July 2024.

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HMP/YOI Downview: Men

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males were held in HMP Downview as of 1 August 2025.