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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee


Crown Agent submission of 4 November 2021

PE1876/S: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape.

The primary functions of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) include the prosecution of crime. In order to fulfil that function, information regarding the sex or gender of accused persons is not essential. In respect of the offences of rape and attempted rape, the law requires that there is penetration or attempted penetration of the complainer’s mouth, vagina or anus by the perpetrator’s penis, which includes a surgically constructed penis. The sex or gender of the accused person are not relevant to proof nor prosecution of the offence.

Any information routinely received by COPFS about the sex or gender of an accused person, is provided by the reporting agency. As COPFS use data that is provided by the police it is a matter for Police Scotland to confirm that data about accused people, including their sex, is recorded accurately.


Related correspondences

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Petitioner submission of 7 June 2021

PE1876/A - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Martin A. Neill submission of 25 July 2021

PE1876/B - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Kate Buchanan submission of 26 July 2021

PE1876/C - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Anne Marie Docherty submission of 26 July 2021

PE1876/D - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Mary Gordon submission of 28 July 2021

PE1876/E - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Dr Laetitia Pichevin submission of 27 August 2021

PE1876/F: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Frontline Feminists Scotland submission of 29 August 2021

PE1876/G: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Professor Alice Sullivan submission of 27 August 2021

PE1876/H: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Anonymous submission of 21 September 2021

PE1876/I - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Scottish Government submission of 23 September 2021

PE1876/J: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Petitioner submission of 3 October 2021

PE1876/K: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Fair Play for Women submission of 4 October 2021

PE1876/L: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Anonymous submission of 4 October 2021

PE1876/M: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Dr Shonagh Dillon submission of 4 October 2021

PE1876/N: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

For Women Scot submission of 4 October 2021

PE1876/O: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Sharon Dowey MSP submission of 5 October 2021

PE1876/P: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Submission from Lesley Warrender of 27 October 2021

PE1876/Q - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape.