FOI/202300377941 · FOI · not held
Electronic Monitoring statistics: FOI release
Information requested
The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as a condition of court bail. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as a result of court order. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as a result of a Restriction of Liberty order. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as part of Home Detention Curfew. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as a condition of early release. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as a license condition following release from custody. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as a condition of immigration bail, managed by the home office. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device due to monitoring requirements as a result of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as a result of being granted bail by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as they are subject to Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures.
With all statistic to be broken down by Sheriffdom, local authority, gender, age and crime and offence category, where appropriate.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested in table format.
The following tables provide statistics broken down by sheriffdom, local authority, gender and age of individuals currently monitored for court disposals and forms of prison release licences as on 2 October 2023.
Number of individuals and gender
Female Identify as Female Identify as Male Male Neutral Total Bail with electronic monitoring 30 0 0 345 0 375 Restricted Movement Requirement as part of a Community Payback Order 8 0 0 62 0 70 Restriction of Liberty Order 131 1 1 950 1 1084 Home Detention Curfew (5 of which are released from a prison in another jurisdiction) 9 0 0 60 0 69 Parole licence 2 0 0 119 0 121 Movement Restriction Condition applied by Children’s Hearing Panel 0 0 0 5 0 5 Total 180 1 1 1541 1 1724
Number by age group
Under 18 18-20 31-40 Over 40 21-25 26-30 Total Bail with electronic monitoring 23 59 111 64 52 66 375 Restricted Movement Requirement as part of a Community Payback Order 1 6 23 19 12 9 70 Restriction of Liberty Order 9 65 341 347 154 168 1084 Home Detention Curfew (5 of which are released from a prison in another jurisdiction) 0 0 22 25 9 13 69 Parole licence 0 1 29 62 13 16 121 Movement Restriction Condition applied by Children’s Hearing Panel 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 Total 38 131 526 517 240 272 1724
By Sheriffdom (for all individuals with a court order with electronic monitoring on 2 October 2023)
Restriction of Liberty order Restricted Movement Requirement as part of a Community Payback Order Bail with electronic monitoring Total Glasgow and Strathkelvin 250 37 30 317 Grampian, Highlands & Islands 83 0 55 138 Lothian and Borders 133 14 68 215 North Strathclyde 138 9 83 230 South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway 247 10 90 347 Tayside Central and Fife 228 0 45 273 Sheriff Appeal Court 2 0 1 3 High Court 3 0 3 6
By local authority area
Aberdeen City 78 Aberdeenshire 44 Angus 30 Argyll & Bute 17 Clackmannanshire 34 Dumfries & Galloway 48 Dundee City 57 East Ayrshire 38 East Dunbartonshire 16 East Lothian 19 East Renfrewshire 13 Edinburgh, City of 96 Falkirk 30 Fife 104 Glasgow City 320 Highland 26 Inverclyde 27 Midlothian 32 Moray 12 Na h'Eileanan Siar 3 North Ayrshire 64 North Lanarkshire 156 Orkney Islands 3 Perth & Kinross 31 Renfrewshire 59 Scottish Borders 34 Shetland Islands 0 South Ayrshire 26 South Lanarkshire 174 Stirling 18 West Dunbartonshire 35 West Lothian 58 Not known 22 Total 1724
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. The reasons why we do not have the information are explained in the Annex to this letter.
Annex The Scottish Government does not hold the information requested
The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for because statistics for crime and offence categories for those electronically monitored on 2 October 2023 is not held by Scottish Government as part of this same data set. However, the criminal proceedings national statistics provide some data on the number of individuals receiving an restriction of liberty order by offence type. https://www.gov.scot/publications/criminal-proceedings-scotland-2020-21/
The Scottish Government does not have information you have asked for on the number of individuals fitted with an electronic device due to monitoring requirements “as a result of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements”, as information is held categorised by the relevant order or licence which provides the legal authority to manage the individual, not by other management arrangements that may be in place.
As such, I hereby provide you with formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
You also requested the following information:
The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as a condition of immigration bail, managed by the home office. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as a result of being granted bail by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission. The number of individuals fitted with an electronic device as they are subject to Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures.
These are reserved matters and as such no statistical information is held by the Scottish Government.
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As such, I hereby provide you with formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
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