Asked by: Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative - Thurrock)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Gender Recognition certificates have been issued in each year since 2010; and how many applications have been rejected.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Information on the number of Gender Recognition certificates that have been issued in each year since 2010; and how many applications have been rejected are published at www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2021.
The data provides information on receipts, grants, part grants, refusals, withdrawals etc for each year from before 2010 to most recent publication.
Asked by: Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative - Thurrock)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff employed at each women's prison are (a) male and (b) female.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.
The table below shows how many staff are employed at each women’s prison by male and female staff. Further information can be found at Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly: June 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Table 1: HMPPS staff in post in Women's Estate, by gender as at 30 June 2021
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| Headcount |
Area Directorate | Organisation | Female | Male | Grand Total |
Women's Estate | Askham Grange | 52 | 27 | 79 |
Downview | 141 | 96 | 237 | |
Drake Hall | 127 | 68 | 195 | |
East Sutton Park | 50 | 26 | 76 | |
Eastwood Park | 198 | 98 | 296 | |
Foston Hall | 156 | 88 | 244 | |
Low Newton | 188 | 92 | 280 | |
New Hall | 184 | 117 | 301 | |
Send | 123 | 78 | 201 | |
Styal | 169 | 105 | 274 | |
Grand Total |
| 1388 | 795 | 2183 |
Notes:
As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time to ensure consistency of reporting. However, the database itself is dynamic and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate.
Asked by: Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative - Thurrock)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences for sex offences are (a) women and (b) transwomen; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The information regarding the number of prisoners serving sentences in the women’s prison estate who are women is published as part of the Offender Management Statistics quarterly and can be found in Table 1.1 (here).
We are not able to release the requested information in respect of the number of transwomen across the women’s prison estate. This is because the number is five or fewer. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998. This applies to values of five or fewer or other values which would allow values of five or fewer to be derived by subtraction. This is to prevent the identification of individuals. The Ministry of Justice is fully mindful of the need to balance the rights of individuals within the women’s estate with risk management.
The information regarding the number of prisoners serving sentences for sex offences who are women is also published as part of the Offender Management Statistics quarterly and can be found in Table 1.2b (here). An ad hoc data collection exercise in 2019 revealed that there were 54 legally male prisoners who identified as female (transwomen), whose principal offence for which they were serving an immediate custodial sentence was a sexual offence, across all establishments in England and Wales.
Details of transgender individuals were provided by men’s and women’s public and private prisons in England and Wales in March-April 2019 following an exercise to gather information from transgender individuals in custody. Individuals are not obliged to share data on their identity, so we consider the figures to provide an estimate of the number of transgender individuals in prison. We are committed to mitigating some of the challenges around data collection, and ultimately improving the process to ensure data is reliable.
We are committed to ensuring that transgender individuals are treated fairly, lawfully and decently, with their rights and safety properly respected. Regardless of where a transgender individual is being held, we expect that they will be respected and that their needs will be addressed in accordance with the gender with which they identify.
Asked by: Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative - Thurrock)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences in the women's prison estate are (a) women and (b) transwomen.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The information regarding the number of prisoners serving sentences in the women’s prison estate who are women is published as part of the Offender Management Statistics quarterly and can be found in Table 1.1 (here).
We are not able to release the requested information in respect of the number of transwomen across the women’s prison estate. This is because the number is five or fewer. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998. This applies to values of five or fewer or other values which would allow values of five or fewer to be derived by subtraction. This is to prevent the identification of individuals. The Ministry of Justice is fully mindful of the need to balance the rights of individuals within the women’s estate with risk management.
The information regarding the number of prisoners serving sentences for sex offences who are women is also published as part of the Offender Management Statistics quarterly and can be found in Table 1.2b (here). An ad hoc data collection exercise in 2019 revealed that there were 54 legally male prisoners who identified as female (transwomen), whose principal offence for which they were serving an immediate custodial sentence was a sexual offence, across all establishments in England and Wales.
Details of transgender individuals were provided by men’s and women’s public and private prisons in England and Wales in March-April 2019 following an exercise to gather information from transgender individuals in custody. Individuals are not obliged to share data on their identity, so we consider the figures to provide an estimate of the number of transgender individuals in prison. We are committed to mitigating some of the challenges around data collection, and ultimately improving the process to ensure data is reliable.
We are committed to ensuring that transgender individuals are treated fairly, lawfully and decently, with their rights and safety properly respected. Regardless of where a transgender individual is being held, we expect that they will be respected and that their needs will be addressed in accordance with the gender with which they identify.