Standard - Termination of an offender's MAPPA status is recorded by the lead agency

6.38 The legislation does not provide for an 'end' to an offender's MAPPA status. However, it is not practice to subject offenders to MAPPA indefinitely. Offenders will cease to be MAPPA managed offenders in the following circumstances:

• Category 1 - when the period of notification expires. In the most serious cases, offenders will be subject to lifetime notification requirements.
• Category 2 - when the licence expires, the offender is absolutely discharged from the hospital or guardianship order or when the Community Treatment Order expires. An offender on licence for a consecutive or concurrent sentence will remain subject to MAPPA until the whole sentence has expired. An offender does not remain automatically subject to MAPPA as a result of Post Sentence Supervision.
• Category 3 - when a Level 2 or 3 MAPPA meeting decides that the risk of harm has reduced sufficiently or the case no longer requires active multi-agency management.
• Category 4 - for offenders subject to notification requirements, when the period of registration expires; for offenders at risk of involvement in terrorism related activity, when they no longer require multi-agency management; for other Category 4 offenders, when the licence expires, the offender is absolutely discharged from the hospital or guardianship order or when the Community Treatment Order expires. An offender on licence for a consecutive or concurrent sentence will remain subject to MAPPA until the whole sentence has expired. An offender does not remain automatically subject to MAPPA as a result of Post Sentence Supervision.

6.39 All Category 1, 2 and 4 offenders managed at Level 2 or 3 who are coming to the end of their notification requirements or period of licence must be reviewed and considered for registration as a Category 3 or discretionary Category 4 offender. Registration as a Category 3 or discretionary Category 4 offender should only occur if they meet the criteria and continue to require active multi-agency management.

Updated: May 2022