Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 24 of the Government response to the First Report from the Women and Equalities Committee, Session 2015-16, on Transgender Equality, cm 9301, published in July 2016, what progress her Department has made in establishing an advisory group on transgender people in custody or subject to community supervision.

The NOMS Advisory Board for transgender offenders has been established following the recent publication of the conclusion of the review. The Board will monitor the implementation of the updated National Offender Management Service policy on the care and management of transgender offenders, which includes transgender and non-binary offenders in prison custody and those subject to statutory supervision in the community. The Board will report annually to Ministers on progress with implementing the up-dated policy.