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.
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
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.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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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 ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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