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Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty first report from Session 2022-23

Published 14 December 2022

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At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to Twenty-First Report: Transforming electronic monitoring services.

This is the government's response, published 14 December 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government states that it agrees with each of the Committee's six recommendations on the Ministry of Justice's electronic monitoring services, and gives target implementation dates for five of them.

  • On real-time police access to GPS data, the government agrees with the recommendation, but says police have advised that live access is not a current priority; it will "consider whether and how changes to the service can be made" should the police's view change.
  • On outdated technology, remediation work has moved from December 2022 to March 2023, and system improvements "by the end of January 2023" are intended to let the GPS system cope with rising volumes.
  • On evidence of impact, a benefits management strategy and realisation plan will be in place "By April 2023", and a formal evaluation strategy for electronic monitoring is being developed. The target implementation date is August 2023.
  • On oversight of the expansion programme, the agency commits to write to the Committee in August 2023, once new contracts have been awarded.

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