Violent and Sex Offender Register: Essex

Bob Spink
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sex offenders were registered in Essex in each of the last five years.

Mr. Alan Campbell
The number of registered sex offenders living in Essex in five years is represented in the following table as reported in the annual MAPPA reports for Essex.

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|       |Number|
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|2003-04|542   |
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|2004-05|680   |
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|2005-06|802   |
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|2006-07|735   |
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|2007-08|735   |
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Figures are as recorded in the annual MAPPA reports for Essex.