To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of electronically monitored offenders on (a) community sentences, (b) bail and (c) release from prison licence (i) deliberately tampered with their tag and (ii) breached their curfew in each year since electronic monitoring was introduced. (302190)

We are able to provide data for those electronically tagged, for the last two years. This is shown in the following table. Earlier data are no longer available and obtaining that information would be possible only at disproportionate cost. The table includes the proportion of those who have tampered with their tags or breached their curfews, which are also new starts. These figures represent a percentage of electronic monitoring orders received by the service providers and not individuals.

The data provided are from the electronic monitoring service providers. The information held refers to breaches reported to the courts or to the relevant authority such as probation service, Prison Service, Youth Offending Service, or police, and does not necessarily relate to breach action taken.