§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women were electronically tagged in England and Wales as at 1 February. [35998]
§ Beverley Hughes59,509 people have been electronically tagged in England and Wales between the start of the current electronic monitoring contracts on 28 January 1999 and 1 February 2002. Of these 53,764 were male and 5,745 were female. On 1 February 2002, a total of 3,391 persons were still being monitored. Of these 3,073 were male and 318 were female.