Below is a quote from James Morton, of the Scottish Trans Alliance who are the main (only?) group who have been involved in advising policy in regards to this issue. Women's organisations, female experts or indeed female inmates have had no input into this policy -
‘We strategized – we strategized – that by working intensively with the Scottish Prison Service to support them to include trans women as women on a self-declaration basis within very challenging circumstances, we would be able to ensure that all other public services should be able to do likewise’.