MAPPA Annual Report 2025

 

Table 1: Registered Sex Offenders within the Lanarkshire area

1. This section is required to be included in the MAPPA Annual Reports as per S11 3 (a) and (b) The Management of Offenders etc (Scotland) Act 2005.
2. These figures are a snapshot of those offenders currently residing in the community. It does not count those offenders within SPS estate or NHS facilities managed by MAPPA.
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4. A ‘wanted’ Registered Sex Offender is defined as those who are subject to the notification requirements of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and who have a live warrant in force.
5. A ‘missing person’ is defined as anyone whose whereabouts is unknown and:

• where the circumstances are out of character; or
• the context suggests the person may be subject to crime; or
• the person is at risk of harm to themselves or another.

Table 2: Civil Protection Orders (6)

(6) The Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and a Sexual Risk Order (SRO) replaced the Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) and Risk of Sexual Harm Order (RSHO) respectively with effect from 31 March 2023 under sections 10 to 40 of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016.

Table 3: Registered Sex Offenders managed under MAPPA 

(7) These figures are a snapshot of those offenders currently residing in the community. It does not count those offenders within SPS estate or NHS facilities managed by MAPPA.

(8) These figures include all offenders who have been notified to the MAPPA Coordinator by the Responsible Authorities in the community and within the SPS estate or NHS facilities as at 31 March 2025.  It should be noted the method of recording these figures in the Lanarkshire Annual Report was altered from 2018 onwards. Previously, these figures included all offenders who had been notified to the MAPPA Coordinator at any point between 1 April and 31 March.

(9) This figure is in relation to those managed at those levels from 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025

Table 4: Restricted Patients

Table 5: Delineation of RSOs by age on 31 March 2025

It is important to note that this table is in reference to the current age of those subject to MAPPA and not the age when the offence was committed.

Table 6: Delineation of RSOs by sex on 31 March 2025

Table 7: Number of RSOs managed under statutory conditions and/or notification requirements on 31 March 2025

Table 8: Number of Other Risk of Serious Harm Offenders managed under statutory conditions on 31 March 2024

Chapter 19 of the National MAPPA Guidance issued in 2022 (10) contains details (as below) of National performance Indicators (NPI’s) that each MAPPA area across Scotland reports to the Scottish Government each year, ‘Every SOG should evaluate its performance against the following National Performance Indicators:

The following are the Lanarkshire NPI stats for the current reporting period :

• 95% of Level 3 MAPPP cases reviewed no less than once every six weeks - Achieved
• 95% of MAPPA Level 2 cases reviewed no less than once every twelve weeks - Achieved
• Where invited, 90% attendance by each Duty to Co-operate (DTC) agency at an appropriate level of seniority for Level 2 and 3 meetings in community and custody. This includes attendance via telephone/video conferencing or a written report -  In community Achieved
• Where invited, 90% attendance by Police Scotland at the agreed level of seniority for Level 2 and 3 meetings in community and custody including Scottish Prison Service (SPS) Risk Management Team (RMT) meetings - In community Achieved
• Where invited, 90% attendance by Community Based Social Work at the agreed seniority level for Level 2 and 3 meetings in community and custody including SPS RMT meetings - Achieved
• 100% written contributions to be provided by Responsible Authorities in cases of non-attendance (where invited) at Level 2 and Level 3 meetings in the community or custody. Upon receipt these contributions will be recorded in the minute and Risk Management Plan - Achieved
• 100% written contributions to be provided by Duty-to-Co-operate agencies in cases of non-attendance (where invited) at Level 2 and Level 3 meetings in the community or custody. Upon receipt these contributions will be recorded in the minute and Risk Management Plan - Achieved
• 100% of MAPPP initial Level 3 meetings for those in custody to take place in the community no less than four weeks prior to the person being released - N/A – No Level 3 meetings during the reporting period
• 90% of Level 2 and Level 3 meeting minutes and updating of Risk Management Plans to be issued and ratified within 10 working days following the review meeting - Achieved
• Disclosure to be considered and the decision to be recorded in the minutes at 100% of Level 2 and 3 MAPPA meetings - Achieved