Electronic Tagging (Hansard, 7 December 1989)

§ 17. Mr. Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on electronic monitoring as both a condition of bail and as an alternative to remand in custody.

§ 54. Mr. Wood
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on electronic monitoring as both a condition of bail and as an alternative to remand in custody.

§ Mr. John Patten
As at 26 November, 32 defendants have been granted bail subject to the condition that they are electronically monitored. Under the three experimental schemes now in progress the courts are asked to impose electronic monitoring as a condition of bail only in cases where a defendant would otherwise have been remanded in custody.

§ 81. Mr. Boateng
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now consider abandoning plans to introduce the electronic tagging system.

§ Mr. John Patten
No. Decisions on the future of electronic monitoring will be taken when the experimental schemes now in progress have been evaluated.