Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Crown Agent submission of 4 November 2021
PE1876/S: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape.
The primary functions of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) include the prosecution of crime. In order to fulfil that function, information regarding the sex or gender of accused persons is not essential. In respect of the offences of rape and attempted rape, the law requires that there is penetration or attempted penetration of the complainer’s mouth, vagina or anus by the perpetrator’s penis, which includes a surgically constructed penis. The sex or gender of the accused person are not relevant to proof nor prosecution of the offence.
Any information routinely received by COPFS about the sex or gender of an accused person, is provided by the reporting agency. As COPFS use data that is provided by the police it is a matter for Police Scotland to confirm that data about accused people, including their sex, is recorded accurately.
Related correspondences
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Petitioner submission of 7 June 2021
PE1876/A - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Martin A. Neill submission of 25 July 2021
PE1876/B - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Kate Buchanan submission of 26 July 2021
PE1876/C - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Anne Marie Docherty submission of 26 July 2021
PE1876/D - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Mary Gordon submission of 28 July 2021
PE1876/E - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Dr Laetitia Pichevin submission of 27 August 2021
PE1876/F: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Frontline Feminists Scotland submission of 29 August 2021
PE1876/G: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Professor Alice Sullivan submission of 27 August 2021
PE1876/H: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Anonymous submission of 21 September 2021
PE1876/I - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Scottish Government submission of 23 September 2021
PE1876/J: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Petitioner submission of 3 October 2021
PE1876/K: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Fair Play for Women submission of 4 October 2021
PE1876/L: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Anonymous submission of 4 October 2021
PE1876/M: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Dr Shonagh Dillon submission of 4 October 2021
PE1876/N: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
For Women Scot submission of 4 October 2021
PE1876/O: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Sharon Dowey MSP submission of 5 October 2021
PE1876/P: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Submission from Lesley Warrender of 27 October 2021
PE1876/Q - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape.