PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sexual Offences: Nationality (11 November 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the nationality at birth of people on the sex offenders register.

Asked by:
Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain)

Qualifying offenders (i.e.those convicted for an offence in Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003) are required to notify personal details to the police. This system is often referred to as the ‘sex offenders’ register’ and requires offenders to provide specified details, including their passport (or passports, if they are dual nationals) details annually and whenever those details change.

In addition, the data provided to the police, and other relevant information, is on stored on the ViSOR database which allows for the recording and sharing of biographical information and information relevant to their risk between the police and other relevant agencies. MAPPS is a Home Office-led project to replace the ViSOR database to improve multi-agency information sharing.

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