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PE2208: Implement mandatory collection and publication of child sexual offender data

Petition Summary

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:

  • place a statutory requirement on public bodies to collect statistics on the nationality, ethnicity, immigration status and religion of child sexual offenders
  • to collate and publish the data annually.

Petitioner: Joanna Kerr

Status: Under consideration

Date published: 14 November 2025

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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration

SPICe Briefing (106KB, pdf) posted 13 January 2026


Committee Meetings

21 January 2026: The Committee agreed to consider the petition as part of an upcoming work programme item about the Committee’s ongoing work.

Official Report of Meeting 21 January 2026


Written Submissions

PE2208/A: Petitioner written submission, 31 December 2025 (85KB, pdf) posted 06 January 2026

PE2208/B: Scottish Government written submission, 16 January 2026 (117KB, pdf) posted 16 January 2026