Written questions

Sexual Offences: Registration

Commons · Question 48817 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 7 May 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to review the (a) criteria and (b) process under which information on sex offenders is disclosed to the public under the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 7 May 2025

The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, introduced in 2011, allows members of the public to make an application to police for information about a person who has contact with a child.To capture better data in order to review the efficacy of the Scheme, a...