Key Facts

• No amendments have been tabled for the Bill.
• A single debate on both clauses in the Bill will take place.
• At the end of December 2023, there were 64,800 offenders under probation supervision on a community order and 44,300 on a suspended sentence order.
• In the year to June 2023, 2,100 children were sentenced to youth rehabilitation orders and 6,200 were sentenced to referral orders.
• The Bill will apply to England and Wales only and is set to come into force two months after Royal Assent.
• The Bill aims to close a loophole allowing offenders to change their names without notifying authorities.
• Between 2015 and 2020, 16,000 offenders were charged for failing to notify details such as name changes and address changes.
• More than 11,500 registered sex offenders were prosecuted for failing to notify changes of information between 2019 and 2022.
• The Bill will place a new duty on offenders serving community sentences to inform their responsible officer of any changes in name or contact information.
• Funding for the probation service has been increased by £155 million annually.
• Around 4,000 staff are currently in training at different stages.
• The Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2022 requires offenders on licence to inform their responsible officer of changes in name and contact details.
• The statement is part of a public bill committee meeting.
• It is Ruth Jones's first private Member’s Bill.
• The Bill aims to improve probation and youth offending teams' ability to monitor offenders in the community.