§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many probation orders, community service orders and combination orders were made in the three areas involved in the electronic monitoring trials between mid-July 1995 and the present.
§ Baroness Blatch:Provisional information from the three probation areas of Berkshire, Norfolk and Greater Manchester for mid-July 1995 to mid-July 1996 is as follows:
probation orders: 4,600
community service orders: 4,600
combination orders: 1,600
total of these three orders: 10,800
Information for the quarter ended 30th September 1996 is as yet incomplete. It should be noted that not all courts in the three probation areas are involved in the electronic monitoring trials.