Electronic Tagging: G4S

Attorney General written question – answered at on 17 July 2017.

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Photo of Jo Stevens Jo Stevens Labour, Cardiff Central

To ask the Attorney General, when the Serious Fraud Office investigation into the G4S electronic monitoring contract initiated in 2013 will be concluded; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Jeremy Wright Jeremy Wright The Attorney-General

The SFO criminal investigation into G4S and Serco electronic monitoring contracts is still ongoing. SFO cases are by their very nature complex, lengthy and resource intensive and it is not unusual for them to take a considerable time to be concluded.

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