§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women were electronically tagged in 1997; and what was the total cost. [25434]
§ Ms QuinDuring 1997, curfew orders enforced by electronic monitoring were imposed on 516 men and 49 women. Of these, 11 men and three women had two separate curfew orders imposed on them during the year.
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 costs of curfew orders enforced by electronic monitoring.
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.