§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when(a) child murderers and (b) sex offenders, who have been convicted abroad and who subsequently return to the Untied Kingdom, will have their details recorded on the sex offenders' register and be monitored and controlled in the same way that would occur if they had been convicted in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [74925]
§ Hilary BennThe review of Part One of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 looked at ways of both
requiring offenders convicted of sex offences abroad to register on their arrival in the UK; andimposing the registration requirements on offenders who commit offences of violence, including murder, when there is a sexual element to the offence.The Government consulted on the proposals contained in the review and responses are currently being analysed. My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has announced that he intends to publish his proposals for reform of the law in the Autumn and to legislate specifically to enable sex offenders from abroad to be required to register. Such registration would attract the full range of mechanisms for monitoring and control as domestic sex offenders.
The Government consulted on the proposals contained in the review and responses are currently being analysed. My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has announced that he intends to publish his proposals for reform of the law in the Autumn and to legislate specifically to enable sex offenders from abroad to be required to register. Such registration would attract the full range of mechanisms for monitoring and control as domestic sex offenders.