§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce national standards for the supervision of serious sexual offenders; and if he will make a statement. [25051]
§ Ms QuinI am awaiting the report of a recent thematic inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation on the role of the probation service in protecting the public from sex offenders; and will consider what further guidance or standards might be useful in the light of the report's conclusions.