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Electronic Tagging: Procurement

Asked by Robert JenrickReform UKMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 11 September 2025UIN 75600

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has a target date for acquiring adequate numbers of electronic tags to accommodate the provisions of the Sentencing Bill.

Answered by Jake Richards

The Ministry of Justice and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service are continuing to assess the likely impact of the Sentencing Bill on demand for Electronic Monitoring and will order the required numbers of tags in line with those assessments and contractual requirements.

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