§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have been let out on licence each year since the scheme's inception; how many have broken their licence conditions in each year; and what monitoring he is putting in place to gauge the impact of the scheme. [95536]
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§ Mr. BoatengThe Home Detention Curfew scheme began operation on 28 January 1999. Between that time and 27 October, 12,280 offenders have been made subject to the scheme. In the same period, 567 curfewees have had their licence revoked by the Secretary of State. Breaches of non-curfew related conditions by curfewees whose original offences were committed prior to 1 January 1999 are dealt with by the courts. Information on these cases is not held centrally.
The Home Detention Curfew scheme is being monitored and evaluated by the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, who will be producing a report on the first year of the scheme's operation during the course of the year 2000.