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<p>Electronic Monitoring (EM) is a vital tool in protecting the public and robustly
monitoring offenders in the community. It supports probation staff and the police
in managing offenders and defendants safely in the community, delivering the orders
of the court and helping them tackle the problems which lead to offending.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The table below shows the total number of people in each
year subject to EM as a requirement of a Community Order.<sup>(1)</sup> Data is only
available from June 2016 onwards.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of people
in England and Wales with Community Orders with EM equipment installed<sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>18,081</p></td><td><p>16,098</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Data on compliance is only available for completed
Community Orders. The table below shows how many Community Orders with EM were completed
in each year, and in how many of these a tagged subject failed to comply with their
EM requirement at least once. Please note that these figures concern the monitoring
of curfew requirements only, not GPS location monitoring requirements.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
completed Community Orders with EM equipment installed<sup>(2)(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>15,547</p></td><td><p>15,987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compliance</p></td><td><p>6,065</p></td><td><p>6,645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-compliance</p></td><td><p>9,482</p></td><td><p>9,342</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>(1) The figures provided in these tables do not include data from the
GPS pilot, which commenced in October 2016 and completed in March 2018. A total of
17 tags were issued to individuals as part of a Community Order during the Pilot.
An independent qualitative process evaluation of the GPS location monitoring pilot
was published in February 2019: ‘Process evaluation of the Global Positioning System
(GPS) Electronic Monitoring Pilot - Qualitative findings’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/process-evaluation-of-the-global-positioning-system-gps-electronic-monitoring-pilot"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/process-evaluation-of-the-global-positioning-system-gps-electronic-monitoring-pilot</a>.
A quantitative process evaluation of the GPS Pilot containing analysis of Management
Information gathered over the course of the pilot is currently undergoing quality
assurance and being finalised. This will include information on compliance.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)
Derived from caseload files with equipment on (3) Derived from number of completions
of Community Orders with equipment on (4) A person may have more than one completion.
Figures after March 2018 will be published in the HMPPS Digest in July 2019.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>If a subject on tag does not comply with an Electronic Monitoring condition
or requirement, for example by being absent during curfew hours or tampering with
a tag, an instantaneous alert is generated that is sent to Electronic Monitoring Services
(EMS). The appropriate authorities decide, based on the evidence, whether the non-compliance
event constitutes a breach and if so what action should be taken. The nature of breaches
vary, and not all non-compliance events are classed as formal breaches requiring further
action – for example, if the subject was at hospital or in custody at the time, and
therefore unable to return to their curfew location in time for their curfew. While
the majority of non-compliance events will generate an alert than can lead to a breach
there are a range of other circumstances that can lead to breach action being taken</p>
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