General Question · S1O-04668 · Session 1
What steps it plans to take to ensure that convicted sex offenders notify the UK authorities of their address when travelling abroad and th…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it plans to take to ensure that convicted sex offenders notify the UK authorities of their address when travelling abroad and that Scottish nationals and residents who have been convicted of sex offences abroad are automatically put on the UK register of sex offenders.
The answer
We have already strengthened the Sex Offenders Act by requiring certain sex offenders to inform the police when they travel overseas. Although there are practical difficulties in automatic registration of UK and foreign nationals convicted of sex offences overseas, the Executive and the Home Office have proposed further measures to make some of these offenders subject to the same registration requirements as sex offenders convicted in the UK.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1O-04668 by reference.