Question follow-through · 24271
Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many delays there have been in fitting sobriety tags longer than (a) one, (b) seven, (c) 14 and (d) 28 days in each of the last 12 months.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many delays there have been in fitting sobriety tags longer than (a) one, (b) seven, (c) 14 and (d) 28 days in each of the last 12 months.
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2025
Answer published
The table below illustrates the proportional duration of fitting alcohol orders by month of order start date, from November 2023 to October 2024. This includes both AAMR tag and AML tag.Up until May 2024, the electronic monitoring service was delivered by...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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