Question follow-through · 29964

Electronic Tagging: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily cost is of electronic tagging.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
7 Feb 2025
Target answer date
11 Feb 2025
Answer
14 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily cost is of electronic tagging.

  2. 11 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The average cost for an individual subject to electronic monitoring (EM) is approximately c.£9 per day.It is important to note the above figure does not include the average cost of a probation or police officer supervising an individual with EM. For infor...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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