Question follow-through · 12883

Violent and Sex Offender Register: Personal Names

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of times that registered sex offenders have (a) attempted to change and (b) been prevented from changing their name by legal means in the last 12 months.

answeredHome Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
11 Nov 2024
Answer
11 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of times that registered sex offenders have (a) attempted to change and (b) been prevented from changing their name by legal means in the last 12 months.

  2. 11 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The notification requirements in Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 are an automatic consequence of a conviction for a sexual offence in Schedule 3 to that Act. Offenders subject to the notification requirements must notify the police of (among other ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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