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Written question asked by David TC Davies (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 April 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 April 2006. It was answered by Fiona Mactaggart (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 April 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.


Home Detention Curfew Scheme

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) average and (b) longest time has been between a prisoner being released on the Home Detention Curfew scheme and receiving their tagging device in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answer

Almost all offenders released on Home Detention Curfew are tagged on the day of release.Since 1 April 2005, the longest time taken to fit monitoring equipment to an offender released on Home Detention Curfew is eight days. This occurred in May 2005, just after the new electronic monitoring contracts started and the old ones expired.Figures before April 2005 are not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
64383; 445 c1026-7W;445 c1026-7W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Curfews Electronic tagging Prisoners' release
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk