§ Lord Dholakiaasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is (a) the total number and (b) the ethnic breakdown of people electronically tagged to date in each of the pilot areas. [HL1260]
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§ Lord Williams of Mostyn(a) The number of people sentenced to a curfew order during the pilots at 3 April 1998 are as follows. Some offenders have served more than one curfew sentence.
Cambridgeshire 13 Suffolk 7 Norfolk 279 Greater Manchester 699 Berkshire 87 West Yorkshire 12 Middlesex 18 (b) No information is currently collated centrally about the ethnic origin of offenders made subject to a curfew order under the Criminal Justice Act 1991 in the pilot areas. However, we are at present seeking tenders for the provision of electronic monitoring services throughout England and Wales, and those contractors will be required to monitor the ethnic origin of all those they supervise.