Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time taken was in each year since 2004-05 to transfer transgender prisoners who (a) did and (b) did not have a gender recognition certificate to prisons which correspond to the gender they identify as having.

The information requested is not available, as transgender prisoners are under no obligation to provide a gender recognition certificate if they have one.

The current Prison Service Instruction on the care and management of transgender offenders, issued in November 2016, sets out expected timescales for convening a transgender case board to consider the appropriate location for holding an individual prisoner. Timescales for transfer to a different prison location will depend upon individual circumstances, including the availability of suitable accommodation.