§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people(a) have notified the police in relation to the Sex Offender Register and (b) are yet to notify the police in relation to the register for the last date for which figures are available. [18639]
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§ Mr. MichaelOn 2 October, the latest date for which figures are available, 2,170 sex offenders had notified the police of their details in accordance with the Sex Offenders Act 1997.
Police records indicate a further 567 sex offenders who had yet to notify the police of their details by this date. These include both those who are within the 14 day period allowed for registration and those who have gone beyond this period.
A survey of registrations over the first three months of the operation of the sex offender register is currently being carried out. The figures will be available in mid December.
§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the measures under consideration for the forthcoming Crime and Disorder Bill for extended supervision of sex offenders will extend to all serious sex offenders. [18217]
§ Ms QuinWe envisage that the courts should have the power to require sex offenders to undergo an extended period of supervision, of up to ten years, to be added to whatever sentence the court would currently impose. The power will apply to all sex offenders who receive custodial sentences, including those imprisoned for less than 12 months, who are not liable, under the current law, to supervision following release. It will not, however, apply retrospectively to offenders already sentenced under the current or previous law.