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Violent and Sex Offender Register: Personal Names

Commons · Question 17768 · Tabled 4 Dec 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the circumstances in which registered sex offenders can apply to change their name.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 10 Dec 2024

Registered sex offenders are required to notify their personal details to the police as an automatic consequence to a conviction or caution for a Schedule 3 offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. They must provide a record of (among other things) the...