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Written question asked by Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 May 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 May 2025 (named day). It was answered by Nicholas Dakin (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Electronic Tagging: Standards

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 46823, on Electronic Tagging: Standards, what estimate she has made of the number of offenders who were not tagged because the Probation Service held an incorrect address for them in the last two years.

Original answer

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

However, of the 10,438 untagged cases audited by probation between 01/01/25 and 31/03/25, eight referred to the tagging provider having visited the wrong address as a result of the provision of the wrong address by the sentencing Court or releasing prison. The incorrect addresses have been corrected on EMS systems.

The answer was corrected by Nicholas Dakin (Labour)

on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Corrected answer

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost due to data quality issues.

However, of the 10,438 untagged cases audited by probation between 01/01/25 and 31/03/25, eight referred to the tagging provider having visited the wrong address as a result of the provision of the wrong address by the sentencing Court or releasing prison. The incorrect addresses have been corrected on EMS systems.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50556
Session
2024-26
Related items
Electronic Tagging: Standards
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Electronic tagging Standards
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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