Rotherham MP Sarah Champion has said a new law must be brought in to stop registered sex offenders from changing their names so they can “disappear”.
In 2021 a Safeguarding Alliance report revealed that 16,000 offenders had breached notification requirements over five years and 905 had gone missing between 2017 and 2020.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/yorkshire-mp-calls-for-law-change-to-stop-registered-sex-offenders-from-disappearing-4048851