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Written Question
Offenders: Paedophilia
Monday 10th March 2025

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of convicted paedophiles that upon the end of their sentence have lived within one mile of a school or park in each of the last five years.

Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The decision as to where to permit a convicted child sex offender to live whilst subject to licensed supervision is made by the Probation and Probation Services working together under MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements).

Additionally, offenders subject to licensed supervision may be prohibited from entering specified geographical locations (exclusion zones) on account of the particular risks which those offenders present. A child sex offender might, for example, be prohibited from entering a specified area around a school or nursery. Exclusion zones may be reinforced in certain cases by satellite tracking, to ensure that any offender who enters an exclusion zone without permission faces being recalled immediately to custody.

The data required to answer PQs 33564 and 33565 are not collated centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Offenders: Paedophilia
Monday 10th March 2025

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of convicted paedophiles that upon the end of their sentence have lived within five miles of a school or park in each of the last five years.

Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The decision as to where to permit a convicted child sex offender to live whilst subject to licensed supervision is made by the Probation and Probation Services working together under MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements).

Additionally, offenders subject to licensed supervision may be prohibited from entering specified geographical locations (exclusion zones) on account of the particular risks which those offenders present. A child sex offender might, for example, be prohibited from entering a specified area around a school or nursery. Exclusion zones may be reinforced in certain cases by satellite tracking, to ensure that any offender who enters an exclusion zone without permission faces being recalled immediately to custody.

The data required to answer PQs 33564 and 33565 are not collated centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Paedophilia
Monday 10th March 2025

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reviewing and (b) changing the probation guidelines to prevent convicted paedophiles from living within a certain perimeter of a school or park.

Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The decision as to where to permit a convicted child sex offender to live whilst subject to licensed supervision is made by the Probation and Probation Services working together under MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements).

Additionally, offenders subject to licensed supervision may be prohibited from entering specified geographical locations (exclusion zones) on account of the particular risks which those offenders present. A child sex offender might, for example, be prohibited from entering a specified area around a school or nursery. Exclusion zones may be reinforced in certain cases by satellite tracking, to ensure that any offender who enters an exclusion zone without permission faces being recalled immediately to custody.

The data required to answer PQs 33564 and 33565 are not collated centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Offenders: Paedophilia
Monday 10th March 2025

Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a ban on convicted paedophiles living within a five-mile radius of a school of park.

Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The decision as to where to permit a convicted child sex offender to live whilst subject to licensed supervision is made by the Probation and Probation Services working together under MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements).

Additionally, offenders subject to licensed supervision may be prohibited from entering specified geographical locations (exclusion zones) on account of the particular risks which those offenders present. A child sex offender might, for example, be prohibited from entering a specified area around a school or nursery. Exclusion zones may be reinforced in certain cases by satellite tracking, to ensure that any offender who enters an exclusion zone without permission faces being recalled immediately to custody.

The data required to answer PQs 33564 and 33565 are not collated centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.


Commons Chamber
Points of Order - Tue 28 Jan 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Chris McDonald (Lab - Stockton North) Speaker, those posts have incited vile comments online, including councillors being accused of being paedophiles - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Feb. 04 2025

Source Page: Britain's leading the way protecting children from online predators
Document: Britain's leading the way protecting children from online predators (webpage)

Found: Home Office will: introduce a specific offence for predators who run websites designed for other paedophiles


Open Petition since 27th February 2025

Remove all electronic devices from paedophiles and child murderers' prison cells - 71 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 117 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)

Remove electronic games, Televisions and other entertainment technology. We think electronic devices should be removed they are in prison for the most heinous acts and deserve no such luxuries.

Found: Remove all electronic devices from paedophiles and child murderers' prison cells


Public Bill Committees
Crime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Tue 08 Apr 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Harriet Cross (Con - Gordon and Buchan) For example, someone who runs a hidden online forum specifically for paedophiles to exchange images or - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Tackling Child Sexual Abuse - Tue 22 Apr 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) gangs now, because it does not mean we are saying that all people of that religion or ethnicity are paedophiles - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Population Health Directorate

Sep. 12 2024

Source Page: Calls for a public inquiry into child abuse in Scottish football: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300379483 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: “Countless youngsters who dreamed of stardom or just loved football were targeted by predatory paedophiles