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Electronic Monitoring programme

Status: Closed Opened: 19 May 2022 Closed: 14 Dec 2022 9 recommendations 19 conclusions 1 report

Electronic monitoring (‘tagging”) allows the police, courts, probation, and immigration services to monitor the location and compliance with court orders an offender outside custody’s, and take action as necessary. HM Prison & Probation Service plans to expand the use of tagging but recently decided to suspend development of a new IT system that would provide …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-First Report: Transforming electronic monitoring ser… HC 34 21 Oct 2022 28 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
4 Recommendation Twenty-First Report: Transforming elect… Rejected

It is unacceptable that HMPPS still does not know if or how tagging reduces reoffending,...

It is unacceptable that HMPPS still does not know if or how tagging reduces reoffending, and it has been too slow to improve data. Despite our previous recommendations, HMPPS still does not know the impact of tagging. The Ministry recognises that evaluation of the transformation programme was not as strong …

Government response. The government states it holds robust information on spend for its two air quality programmes and cannot justify the disproportionate level of resource required to disaggregate the amount of spend driving air quality benefits for each of these policies. This …
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
20 Jun 2022 Antonia Romeo · Ministry of Justice, Dr Jo Farrar · Ministry of Justice, James McEwen · Ministry of Justice, Jim Barton · HM Prisons and Probation Service View ↗