The Operation and Experience of Multi-Agency Public ProtectionArrangements found widespread disclosure of information about sexoffenders to be counter-productive.
Marilyn Hawes, director of campaign group Enough Abuse, welcomed thefindings. Pam Hibbert, principal policy officer for Barnardo's added:"There is nothing to be gained by widening disclosure."
The second report, Assessing the Extent of Discretionary Disclosureunder the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements, found informationon sexual abusers can be appropriately used for child protection, butallowing information to be given out more freely could prove a potentialthreat to the supervision of offenders.
It calls for a set standard in the way that decisions on giving outinformation are taken.
- www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds.
