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date	24/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of (a) employment terms and conditions, (b) levels of violence, (c) overcrowding and (d) staffing levels at private and public prisons.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	247067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>There is no single comparative assessment of public versus private prisons. However, all public sector and privately managed prisons are subject to the same performance framework, which assesses data against a range of measures. These are augmented by inspection scores, business intelligence and management information, including from management visits and assurance activities. Following an end of year moderation process, each establishment is assigned a place on a four-point rating scale, which runs from serious concern (1) to exceptional (4). The ratings for 2017/18 are published on gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-ratings-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-ratings-2017-to-2018</a>. Ratings for 2018/19 will be published in July this year.</p><p> </p><p>All prisons are also independently scrutinised by Independent Monitoring Boards, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>The operational capacity of all prisons in England and Wales is provided monthly as part of the regularly published prison population statistics. This information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a>. The rate of crowding is published in the Annual HMPPS Digest at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018</a>. The average percentage of prisoners in crowded accommodation was 24.2% in 2017/18, a reduction of 0.3% from 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>The level of violence across both public sector and privately managed prisons is also closely monitored, and statistics are published routinely on gov.uk. The latest safety in custody statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Prison officer numbers are at their highest in five years, which is vital to ensuring prisons are safe, secure and decent. We have recruited over 4,700 new prison officers across the country since October 2016 to improve safety and help turn offenders’ lives around. The recruitment drive will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, ensuring prisons can fulfil their purpose – protecting the public, reducing reoffending and, crucially, rehabilitating offenders. A breakdown of staffing at various grades by public sector prison establishment is provided as part of the HMPPS workforce statistics, which are published quarterly at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold staffing numbers for privately managed prisons and, as such, their workforce statistics are not published. It is the responsibility of the contractor to determine and maintain the number of staff necessary to discharge the requirements of the contract and ensure that staff are sufficiently trained to undertake their duties.</p><p> </p><p>Privately managed prisons have different grading systems from public sector establishments. Terms and conditions for staff, however, remain comparative.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2019 16:08:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1121446

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 234706 on Offenders: Electronic Tagging, how many offenders have taken part in each of the GPS electronic tagging pilots in each month since the pilots started.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	244087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The tables below provide information on the number of individuals on a GPS tag per month during the Ministry of Justice GPS pilot. The Pilot ran in two regional police force clusters: the Midlands (Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and West Midlands) and BeNCH (Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire). The learning from the Pilot has been incorporated into the new national location monitoring service announced by the Secretary of State on 16 February. This will help strengthen supervision, enforce exclusion zones and give victims greater peace of mind. More detail about the Pilot, including the cohorts involved, can be found here <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></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of new starts in the Pilot dropped to zero a few months before the end of the Pilot. This was because the Pilot was scheduled to last for 18 months, ending on 31 March 2018. As most electronic monitoring orders last several months, the MoJ imposed a cut-off date for fitting new tags three months before the Pilot was due to end. This ensured that decision makers were not, for example, ordering new tags to be fitted only a few weeks before they would have to be removed.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the total number of individuals wearing a GPS tag at the end of every month.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows the number of new GPS starts each month.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/04/2019 16:39:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1121448

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been given electronic tagging orders in each month since January 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	244088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Electronic Monitoring is an effective criminal justice tool. It gives those on a tag a chance to maintain family ties and remain in work or education while providing additional safeguards.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides details of the average number of individuals on electronic tagging orders from January 2013 to March 2018. This is Management Information, is not published and has not had the level of scrutiny and quality assurance as for Official Statistics data.</p><p> </p><p>The table below also provides information on how many notifications for new orders were issued every month from April 2014 to March 2018. The table from where the data is drawn can be found in Table 12.4 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018</a>. Data for 2014 is of poor quality and not available. Data from April 2018 to March 2019 will be published in July 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Average number of offenders on electronic tagging orders in England and Wales, in each month January 2013 - March 2018 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Monthly new electronic monitoring order notifications in England and Wales, in each month from April 2014 to March 2018 <sup>(1)(4)(5)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average number of offenders on EM order</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total notifications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>14,555</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>14,384</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>14,185</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>14,284</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>14,551</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>14,585</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>14,042</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>14,096</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>14,267</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>14,224</p></td><td><p>5,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>13,987</p></td><td><p>5,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>13,879</p></td><td><p>5,564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>13,940</p></td><td><p>5,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>13,912</p></td><td><p>5,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>13,843</p></td><td><p>5,817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>13,973</p></td><td><p>6,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>14,294</p></td><td><p>6,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>14,446</p></td><td><p>6,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>13,907</p></td><td><p>6,316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>13,902</p></td><td><p>5,872</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>13,925</p></td><td><p>6,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>13,803</p></td><td><p>5,804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>13,589</p></td><td><p>5,797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>13,516</p></td><td><p>6,218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>13,393</p></td><td><p>6,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>13,389</p></td><td><p>5,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>13,119</p></td><td><p>5,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>13,197</p></td><td><p>5,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>13,329</p></td><td><p>5,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>13,415</p></td><td><p>5,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>12,914</p></td><td><p>5,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>12,781</p></td><td><p>5,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>12,684</p></td><td><p>5,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>12,614</p></td><td><p>5,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>12,432</p></td><td><p>5,239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>12,223</p></td><td><p>5,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>11,896</p></td><td><p>5,152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>11,628</p></td><td><p>5,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>11,168</p></td><td><p>5,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>11,222</p></td><td><p>5,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>11,443</p></td><td><p>5,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>11,743</p></td><td><p>5,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>11,395</p></td><td><p>5,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>11,559</p></td><td><p>4,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>11,363</p></td><td><p>5,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>11,350</p></td><td><p>4,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>11,052</p></td><td><p>5,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>10,843</p></td><td><p>4,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>10,851</p></td><td><p>4,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>10,713</p></td><td><p>4,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>10,620</p></td><td><p>4,767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>10,781</p></td><td><p>4,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>10,865</p></td><td><p>5,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>10,961</p></td><td><p>4,197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10,566</p></td><td><p>5,397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>10,925</p></td><td><p>4,718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>11,064</p></td><td><p>4,954</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) These figures are drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p>(2) Monitored subjects are unique subjects with a live EM order and with a tag fitted and Home Monitoring Unit (HMU) installed.</p><p>(3) Note that from the 12/07/2016 the Manchester caseload definition changed to include subjects with an active EM order. Previously it only included subjects with an active EM service. This means that subjects on a break in their service are included in the Manchester figures. This was done to align the Manchester and Norwich caseload definitions.</p><p>(4) One subject may be given multiple orders over the course of the year. In these figures each is counted individually. i.e. one person with four orders counts as four.</p><p>(5) Comprises notifications of new electronic monitoring orders received by the EM contractor that started between April 2014 and March 2018. In some cases the monitoring equipment may never have been installed, e.g. if the subject is taken into custody prior to installation. These cases are included in the total.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 244089 question first answered 24/04/2019 16:36:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1121449

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of offenders on electronic tagging orders has been in each month since January 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	244089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Electronic Monitoring is an effective criminal justice tool. It gives those on a tag a chance to maintain family ties and remain in work or education while providing additional safeguards.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides details of the average number of individuals on electronic tagging orders from January 2013 to March 2018. This is Management Information, is not published and has not had the level of scrutiny and quality assurance as for Official Statistics data.</p><p> </p><p>The table below also provides information on how many notifications for new orders were issued every month from April 2014 to March 2018. The table from where the data is drawn can be found in Table 12.4 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018</a>. Data for 2014 is of poor quality and not available. Data from April 2018 to March 2019 will be published in July 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Average number of offenders on electronic tagging orders in England and Wales, in each month January 2013 - March 2018 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Monthly new electronic monitoring order notifications in England and Wales, in each month from April 2014 to March 2018 <sup>(1)(4)(5)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average number of offenders on EM order</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total notifications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>14,555</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>14,384</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>14,185</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>14,284</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>14,551</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>14,585</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>14,042</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>14,096</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>14,267</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>14,224</p></td><td><p>5,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>13,987</p></td><td><p>5,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>13,879</p></td><td><p>5,564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>13,940</p></td><td><p>5,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>13,912</p></td><td><p>5,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>13,843</p></td><td><p>5,817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>13,973</p></td><td><p>6,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>14,294</p></td><td><p>6,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>14,446</p></td><td><p>6,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>13,907</p></td><td><p>6,316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>13,902</p></td><td><p>5,872</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>13,925</p></td><td><p>6,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>13,803</p></td><td><p>5,804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>13,589</p></td><td><p>5,797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>13,516</p></td><td><p>6,218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>13,393</p></td><td><p>6,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>13,389</p></td><td><p>5,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>13,119</p></td><td><p>5,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>13,197</p></td><td><p>5,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>13,329</p></td><td><p>5,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>13,415</p></td><td><p>5,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>12,914</p></td><td><p>5,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>12,781</p></td><td><p>5,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>12,684</p></td><td><p>5,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>12,614</p></td><td><p>5,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>12,432</p></td><td><p>5,239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>12,223</p></td><td><p>5,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>11,896</p></td><td><p>5,152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>11,628</p></td><td><p>5,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>11,168</p></td><td><p>5,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>11,222</p></td><td><p>5,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>11,443</p></td><td><p>5,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>11,743</p></td><td><p>5,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>11,395</p></td><td><p>5,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>11,559</p></td><td><p>4,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>11,363</p></td><td><p>5,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>11,350</p></td><td><p>4,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>11,052</p></td><td><p>5,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>10,843</p></td><td><p>4,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>10,851</p></td><td><p>4,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>10,713</p></td><td><p>4,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>10,620</p></td><td><p>4,767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>10,781</p></td><td><p>4,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>10,865</p></td><td><p>5,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>10,961</p></td><td><p>4,197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10,566</p></td><td><p>5,397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>10,925</p></td><td><p>4,718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>11,064</p></td><td><p>4,954</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) These figures are drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p>(2) Monitored subjects are unique subjects with a live EM order and with a tag fitted and Home Monitoring Unit (HMU) installed.</p><p>(3) Note that from the 12/07/2016 the Manchester caseload definition changed to include subjects with an active EM order. Previously it only included subjects with an active EM service. This means that subjects on a break in their service are included in the Manchester figures. This was done to align the Manchester and Norwich caseload definitions.</p><p>(4) One subject may be given multiple orders over the course of the year. In these figures each is counted individually. i.e. one person with four orders counts as four.</p><p>(5) Comprises notifications of new electronic monitoring orders received by the EM contractor that started between April 2014 and March 2018. In some cases the monitoring equipment may never have been installed, e.g. if the subject is taken into custody prior to installation. These cases are included in the total.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 244088 question first answered 24/04/2019 16:36:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1109971

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 234706 on Offenders: Electronic Tagging, how many monitoring starts under the existing monitoring scheme there have been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	241427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of electronic monitoring starts for 2015 to 2018 is contained within the table below. Data for the year ending March 2019 will be provided in the next HMPPS Annual Digest, due to be published in July 2019. Data for 2014 is of poor quality and not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="16"><p><strong>Table: New electronic monitoring order notifications by order type, England and Wales, for the years ending March 2015 to March 2018 <sup>(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>12 months ending March</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Order</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL NOTIFICATIONS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71,930</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>r</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>69,204</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>r</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63,455</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>r</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58,128</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bail</p></td><td><p>20,143</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>18,618</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>15,707</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>15,008</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Court Sentence</p></td><td><p>40,798</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>39,665</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>36,811</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>30,570</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Post Release</p></td><td><p>10,194</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>10,067</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>10,390</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>12,005</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>822</p></td><td><p>r</p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>492</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specials</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: EMS Contractor data</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"><p>r - Figures have been revised since previous reports were published. The differences are generally small and due to the provisional nature of the data when published previously.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"><p>(1) These figures are drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"><p>(2) Includes orders for subjects on bail, sentenced to a court order, released from custody on licence, immigration orders managed by the Home Office, and a small number of Special orders.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"><p>(3) One subject may be given multiple orders over the course of the year. In these figures each is counted individually. I.e. one person with four orders counts as four.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"><p>(4) Comprises notifications of new electronic monitoring orders received by the EM contractor that started between April 2014 and March 2018. In some cases the monitoring equipment may never have been installed, e.g. if the subject is taken into custody prior to installation. These cases are included in the total.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"><p>(5) Figures for the year ending March 2018 are provisional</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/04/2019 16:58:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 114070 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1109972

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 234706 on Offenders: Electronic Tagging, who the decision-makers will be that will apply the necessary reasonableness, proportionality and necessity tests for use of the 1,000 GPS tags available at any one time.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	241428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>GPS tags are available nationally for eligible post-custody cohorts. For Home Detention Curfew cases, the prison governor is the decision maker. We have provided prison governors with guidance about the capabilities and uses of location monitoring. For prisoners serving a Life Sentence, Imprisonment for Public Protection or Extended Determinate Sentence, the decision rests with the Parole Board. We have provided the Parole Board with information about the capabilities and uses of location monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>GPS tags are also being rolled out for use in courts, as a requirement of a Community Order, a Suspended Sentence Order or Court-imposed bail. In these cases, the decision will rest with the Judiciary. We have provided the independent Judiciary with information about the capabilities and uses of location monitoring</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 241429 question first answered 17/04/2019 16:54:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 114071 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1109973

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 234706 on Offenders: Electronic Tagging, whether new policy guidelines will be issued to assist decision makers on deciding which offenders will be given GPS tags.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	241429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>GPS tags are available nationally for eligible post-custody cohorts. For Home Detention Curfew cases, the prison governor is the decision maker. We have provided prison governors with guidance about the capabilities and uses of location monitoring. For prisoners serving a Life Sentence, Imprisonment for Public Protection or Extended Determinate Sentence, the decision rests with the Parole Board. We have provided the Parole Board with information about the capabilities and uses of location monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>GPS tags are also being rolled out for use in courts, as a requirement of a Community Order, a Suspended Sentence Order or Court-imposed bail. In these cases, the decision will rest with the Judiciary. We have provided the independent Judiciary with information about the capabilities and uses of location monitoring</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 241428 question first answered 17/04/2019 16:54:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 114075 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1109974

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, , pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 234706 on Offenders: Electronic Tagging, if he will place in the Library a copy of the outcome report on his Department’s GPS pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	241430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>On 16 February the Secretary of State for Justice announced the national roll out of new GPS tags providing 24/7 location monitoring of offenders and subjects on Court bail. The process evaluation of the Ministry of Justice GPS pilot was published at the same time. It can be accessed online, at <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></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/04/2019 15:17:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1092095

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the maximum number of offenders is who can be tagged and monitored at any one time under the new national GPS tagging of offenders scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	234706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The current national rollout of new GPS technology, will help strengthen supervision, enforce exclusion zones and give victims greater peace of mind.</p><p> </p><p>Legislative and policy guidelines determine which offenders and subjects on bail are eligible to be tagged. Within this framework, decision makers will apply normal, reasonableness, proportionality and necessity tests, along with consideration of the practical outcome that the imposition of the tag is aiming to achieve.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the Department’s GPS pilot indicates that in steady state there will be approx 4000 location monitoring starts a year with a maximum of approx 1000 subjects on a GPS tag at any one time.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 234709 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:53:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1092097

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily number of offenders on Home Detention Curfew has been in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	234707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Home Detention Curfew (HDC) is a robust scheme which allows prisoners to be released early and work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict conditions. If they breach these, they can be returned to custody.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the average daily number of offenders on HDC without incurring disproportionate costs. However, to give an indication, the table attached provides the number of offenders on HDC each week for the last 12 months. This is taken from the prison population statistics, which are published weekly and can be found on Gov.uk</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>All offenders released on HDC are required to wear a tag for 24 hours a day. They are subject to a curfew, which is electronically monitored through the tag. Legislation requires that the curfew period(s) must not total less than nine hours during any one day, but the general expectation is that the curfew should be set for 12 hours a day.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 234708 question first answered 28/03/2019 17:12:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 234707_.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon