PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(28 August 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on (a) how many individuals are awaiting installation of an electronic monitoring device in each police force area, (b) the average waiting time, and (c) the number of outstanding installation visits.

Asked by:
Bradley Thomas (Conservative)

While the Ministry of Justice centrally holds and publishes data about individuals without electronic monitoring equipment and the reasons for this, the reasons do not distinguish between those who are awaiting installation from those who are not (due to being without equipment for other reasons such as recently returning to custody).

The Ministry of Justice works closely with the service provider to monitor a suite of performance indicators including timeliness of equipment installation attempts. A number of contractual levers exist where performance falls below contractual expectations.

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