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Question follow-through · 63908

HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People

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

answeredMinistry of Justice

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

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

  2. 2 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    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 ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Suicide: Children

17 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of allowing inquests into cases of child death by suicide to sit in private.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview: Men

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview: Men

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63903 on HMP High Down and HMP/YOI Downview: Crimes of Violence, how many of the prisoner on prisoner assaults recorded in 2024 at HMP Downview were committed by

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview: Men

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63903 on HMP High Down and HMP/YOI Downview: Crimes of Violence, how many of the prisoner on prisoner assaults recorded in 2023 at HMP Downview were committed by

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview: Finance

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2025 to Question 62457 on HMP/YOI Downview, whether funding of E Wing at HMP Downview comes out of the (a) women's and (b) men's estate budget.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview: Costs

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost to the public purse is of housing a prisoner in (a) E Wing of HMP Downview and (b) the general women's estate within HMP Downview.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62454 on HMP/YOI Downview, whether E Wing at HMP Downview is part of the women's estate.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview: Prisoner Escapes

15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in the last 24 months have prisoners at HMP Downview left the secure perimeter without formal authorisation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview: Prisoner Escapes

15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will take steps to review systems of prisoner management in place at HMP Downview in the context of the security breach involving an unauthorised prisoner departure in October 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMP/YOI Downview: Prisoner Escapes

15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of whether HMP Downview is capable of effectively keeping the female prisoners safe from the biological male prisoners sharing the same facilities and services, in the cont