Requests under the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme from December 2018 to January 2024
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.035239
I note you seek access to the following information:
- How many requests have been made to Metropolitan Police by concerned members of the public under the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme between 1 December 2018 and 1 December 2023.
- Can you provide a breakdown on the total number of requests in each London borough for the same period between 1 December 2018 and 1 December 2023.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
It should be noted that the data is accurate from 2023 onwards.
Prior to this date the data was managed by various persons and the following should be considered;
- In 2018 – 2020 SL applications were being incorrectly classified
- In 2022 the borough ‘Kensington and Chelsea’ wasn’t included in the original data capture (until July 2022)
- In July 2022 the data was captured as BCU’s opposed to individual Boroughs