Home Department written question – answered at on 10 May 2007.
John Cummings
Labour, Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders in (a) County Durham and (b) Easington Constituency wear electronic tags.
Gerry Sutcliffe
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
I have been asked to reply.
Figures provided by the electronic monitoring provider Group four Securicor show that at the end of February 2007 a total of 156 offenders were being monitored in the post-code areas which most closely correspond with Durham. And of these 15 were located in the post-code areas which most closely correspond with Easington.
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