Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders have notified the police of an intention to leave the UK in the last five years.
The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be.
Registered sex offenders are managed by the police, who are in the best position to identify the risk posed by individuals. Where the police have any particular concerns about offenders, they have additional powers such as civil orders to place restrictions on their travel, or to prohibit it altogether.
Statistical information from the Violent and Sex Offenders Register (ViSOR), which holds data about the activity of registered sex offenders including foreign travel, is owned by the police. The Home Office does not have access to this information.