(2) how many crimes were (a) committed and (b) alleged to have been committed in the Metropolitan Police District by offenders wearing electronic tags in each London borough in each year since their introduction;
(3) how many offenders convicted of child abuse (a) re-offended and (b) are alleged to have re-offended in the Metropolitan Police District while wearing electronic tags in each London borough in each year since their introduction;
(4) how many offenders (a) re-offended and (b) are alleged to have re-offended in the Metropolitan Police District while wearing electronic tags in each London borough in each year since their introduction.
Data on re-offending committed by offenders wearing electronic tags are only collated centrally for those offenders released on to the Home Detention Curfew Scheme. However, the data are not broken down by the offender’s original offence or by the local government area in which any subsequent offence was committed. To provide such information would involve a manual trawl of the data and would incur disproportionate cost.
Serious violent offenders and all sexual offenders are either statutorily excluded or are presumed unsuitable for release on HDC. In addition, prisoners convicted of other serious offences considered to be of particular concern to the public are also presumed unsuitable for release on HDC unless there are exceptional circumstances.