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<p>Serious Further Offences (SFO) are rare. Fewer than 0.5% of offenders under statutory
supervision are convicted of an SFO. Nonetheless, every single SFO is taken extremely
seriously, and in all cases a review is carried out to identify any lessons for the
better management of future cases.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the number
of convicted sex offenders released from custody on licence who were convicted between
1 April 2013 and 31 March 2018 of a SFO sexual offence during the period that they
were under licence.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number
of sex offenders released on licence, who committed (convicted of) a sexual SFO, whilst
subject to licence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016*</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017*</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018*</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Provisional
figures subject to change as outstanding cases are concluded at court.</p><p>An SFO
review is undertaken where an offender under statutory supervision in the community
is charged with a qualifying offence – a “notification”. Not every offender charged
with an SFO will eventually be convicted of an SFO.</p>
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