Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the independent review into the police management of registered sex offenders.

The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and those who pose a risk of sexual harm, and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be. We are strengthening the regime through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 with measures that will come into force on 29 November.

In March former chief constable Mick Creedon was appointed to conduct an independent review into the police management of registered sex offenders.

The reviewer has delivered their findings and recommendations to HM Government, and Ministers will consider how best to share the findings of the review with due regard to issues like operational sensitivities.