Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Prison and Service Offender Equalities Annual Report 2022-23, published on 30 November 2023, how many and what proportion of transgender prisoners held in (a) England and (b) Wales were convicted of a sexual offence.
Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Prison and Service Offender Equalities Annual Report 2022-23, published on 30 November 2023, how many and what proportion of transgender prisoners convicted of a sexual offence were registered as (a) male and (b) female at birth.
Kenny MacAskill: The Ministry of Justice has made welcome changes on transgender prisoners, excluding those guilty of not only sexual offences but violent offences from the general women’s estate, as well as those who are still physically male, and so accepting the vulnerability of females on the basis of sex at birth. Does the Minister accept the need, not just in justice institutions but across other...
Kenny MacAskill: ...statement or a debate on the situation south of the border, which predates and dwarfs the situation in Scotland. According to the latest statistics from the UK Ministry of Justice, 230 such transgender people are in prison in England and Wales, 97 of whom have a conviction for a sexual offence, 44 of them for rape, and they are incarcerated in the women’s estate. Can we therefore move...
Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2022 to Question 96653 on Prisoners: Gender Recognition, how many transgender prisoners without a Gender Recognition Certificate in each offence category reported are of (a) male sex (transwomen) and (b) female sex (transmen).
Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November to Question 96653 on Prisoners: Gender Recognition, how many transgender prisoners in each offence category reported are of (a) male sex (transwomen) and (b) female sex (transmen).
Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Prison and Probation Service Offender Equalities Annual Report 2021-2022, published on 24 November, how many of the transgender prisoners held in England and Wales were (a) convicted of (i) a sexual offence and (ii) rape and serious sexual offences and (b) registered at birth as (i) male) and (ii) female).
Kenny MacAskill: ...2021 to Question 19709, Prisoners: Gender Recognition, which external stakeholders he is consulting as part of the review of the policy framework, The Care and Management of Individuals who are Transgender.
Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a review is underway on the care of transgender prisoners.
Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to revise the Policy Framework guidance on The care and management of individuals who are transgender.
Kenny MacAskill: ...step, it is a significant one that we should welcome. The bill will create statutory aggravations for crimes motivated by hostility and ill-will towards victims based on their sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability. We promised in our manifesto to carry out the recommendation of the working group on hate crime and introduce such aggravations. We were therefore happy to have...
Kenny MacAskill: ...way in which crimes motivated by hatred are dealt with. The aggravations that are created by the bill will protect victims of crime who have been targeted as a result of their sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability—actual or presumed. We need to remember that, as Patrick Harvie said, that does happen—far too often, frankly. That is why action is needed. If a crime has...
Kenny MacAskill: ...barriers project in 2002—Patrick Harvie commented on similar projects—showed that 23 per cent of LGBT people in Scotland had been physically assaulted as a result of their sexual orientation or transgender status. The evidence shows clearly that LGBT and disabled people are much more likely to be the victims of crime—and, too often, crime that is motivated by prejudice against them....
Kenny MacAskill: ...of Offences Aggravated by Prejudice (Scotland) Bill. This will extend statutory aggravations to cover crimes motivated by malice or ill will towards victims based on their sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability. No one in Scotland should be targeted or victimised because of their sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability. Our clear aim is to prevent and deter...