§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the total cost involved in the tagging of Clive Barratt of Kings Lynn, Norfolk; and if he will make a statement. [30811]
(2) if he will list the number of people (a) men and (b) women who have been given a tagging system by courts; and what is the average cost of such a scheme. [30812]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe electronic monitoring trials in Manchester, Reading and Norfolk are expected to cost a total of about £1.6 million over nine months. It is not possible to ascribe costs to an individual offender.
The trials started in July this year. As of 23 October, 11 men and no women have been sentenced to electronically monitored curfew orders. One of the purposes of the trial is to assess the cost-effectiveness of electronic monitoring.