§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total cost to date of the three electronic monitoring pilot projects which commenced in July 1995; and what was the total number of orders made at the latest date available. [19460]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 9 December 1997]: Because of considerations of commercial confidentiality, it would not be appropriate to publish details of the payments made to contractors which are the major part of the cost of the pilots.
However, we estimate that the average cost of a curfew order enforced by electronic monitoring would be around £1,900. If the scheme were available throughout England and Wales. On 1 December 1997, a total of 771 orders had been made since the pilots commenced in July 1995.