§ Mr. McCrindleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps will be taken to ensure that prisoners who have electronic tags fitted to them will be capable of being monitored at all times.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding answer 26 October 1988]: We are planning pilot schemes to verify compliance by unconvicted defendants with certain conditions of bail. The precise methods of monitoring will be announced when the areas for the experiment have been selected and a detailed specification for the equipment has been prepared.