The public will help monitor the movements of paedophiles after a campaign by the parents of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne.

However, the scheme for volunteer panels to monitor the risk of sex offenders due to be released from prison will not be piloted in Sussex, where eight-year-old Sarah Payne was abducted.

Advertisements for volunteers went up on Friday in Cumbria, Durham, south Wales, Surrey and the West Midlands.

The Government project was launched after a long campaign by Sarah's parents.

The schoolgirl was abducted by paedophile Roy Whiting while she played with her brothers and sisters at Kingston Gorse, near Worthing, in July 2000.

Michael and Sara Payne pleaded for the introduction of "Sarah's Law," which would allow public access to the Sex Offenders Register.

Recent figures put the number on the register at 18,000 but officials have so far declined to make the information available to the public.

The scheme will involve two members of the public from each police force area joining a Multi-Agency Public Protection Panel.

The panels, made up of the probation service, social services and the police, will make risk assessments on paedophiles released into their areas and help draw up monitoring plans.

Panel members were expected to be shown something of the paedophile's criminal record and the risk of re-offending but not names or addresses.

Home Office Minister Hilary Benn said: "We all want to make our communities safe places to live in.

"Managing the risk posed by potentially dangerous offenders is a key part of achieving this."

Panel members would not be paid nor have a professional interest but would have to show an interest in community and social issues.