Police Scotland submission of 8 March 2024 PE1876/FF: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape I write in response to your letter dated 26th January 2024 to Police Scotland’s Parliament and Government Liaison in relation to the above petition, for which the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee seek further information, particularly: • A clear explanation of how its policy on recording the sex of perpetrators of crimes aligns to the organisation’s values, as requested by the petitioner, Lisa Mackenzie, during an exchange with Fergus Ewing MSP as part of the evidence provided to the Committee on 6 December 2023; and • Further information on whether a consistent approach to recording crime data is being taken across Scotland, in particular whether there is a central database for recording information on rape and sexual offences, as raised by Maurice Golden MSP during the same evidence session The sex/gender identification of individuals who come into contact...