Summary
Consultation document and impact assessment for the targeted
consultation on whether a specific offence of public sexual
harassment should be created.
This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 1 September 2022
Consultation description
Ministers undertook that by Parliament’s 2022 summer recess the
government would launch a consultation on whether a specific
offence for public sexual harassment (sexual harassment in public
spaces) should be created.
This page contains the consultation document and associated
impact assessment.
The consultation asks:
- whether or not a specific criminal offence of public sexual
harassment should be created
- if such an offence were to be created, what it should look
like
- whether the government should take additional non-legislative
actions to tackle public sexual harassment (either instead of or
in addition to a new criminal offence)
The consultation is a targeted rather than a public one, and it
has been sent to recipients in:
- charities and organisations focused on crimes which
disproportionately affect women and girls (including
organisations focused on male victims of those crimes)
- victim-focused charities
- children’s and schools sectors
- organisations related to the world of work
- policing
- the legal sector
- local government
- night-time economy organisations
- transport organisations
- specialist academia
British Sign Language users
You can view the consultation in
British Sign Language.
Documents
Public sexual harassment
consultation
Impact assessment
(accessible)
