Mr. Vivian Geiran:

I will take the final question first. What is the ideal location? The short answer is there is no ideal location. At the same time, the vast majority of sex offenders, if not all, who go to jail come out again. They come out no matter what they have done and they will have undoubtedly received a proportionate sentence. The sentence is the sentence and the best way we can try to ensure they do not go on to reoffend is through having the appropriate controls and monitoring in place and by trying to ensure there is a level of reintegration in their communities. The issue that arises from time to time and which impacts on our work, although thankfully only in a small number of cases, is the media sometimes publicise high profile cases and argue that people have a right to know that somebody very dangerous might be living in their area. The individual has a right to make the best effort at resettlement in collaboration with the various agencies. As Ms Burke and Mr. Dack mentioned earlier, a small number of serious high-profile and high-risk offenders receive the highest level of attention on release from the police, the Probation Service and the various other services. People should be assured that when an offender at the highest level is released back into the community we are all doing our best to ensure the person is monitored and controlled but also helped to reintegrate so they do not reoffend. There is not an ideal scenario or location but unless we all work together to try to ensure the appropriate reintegration of the individual, we are taking backward steps.