Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has implemented the National Audit Office’s recommendation to establish escalation thresholds and contingency plans for electronic monitoring by September 2026.

The Department recognises the importance of robust arrangements for managing risks to electronic monitoring performance and capacity. Well established continency arrangements are already in place and the Department is establishing a system-wide approach to the management and escalation of electronic monitoring risks.

We are considering the National Audit Office’s recommendations carefully and will set out our response and the actions being taken to the NAO through the regular process.