Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the independent review into the police management of registered sex offenders in the community will be published.

In March this year former chief constable Mick Creedon was appointed to conduct an independent review into the police management of registered sex offenders in the community. The review is looking specifically at how the police use their current capabilities to manage the risk posed by registered sex offenders and whether the regime protecting the public from them could be strengthened further.

The review, which is now in its concluding phases, will deliver its findings and recommendations to HM Government on what needs to be done across the policing and law enforcement landscape to enhance the management of registered sex offenders in the community in England and Wales. The findings will support our efforts to tackle horrific cases of sexual exploitation in places such as Rotherham. Ministers will consider how best to share the findings of the review with due regard to issues like operational sensitivities.