Sir Nicholas Dakin corrected a written answer on Electronic Tagging: Standards
Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour, Clapham and Brixton Hill) asked written question 50556 on 7 May 2025. Sir Nicholas Dakin answered on 14 May 2025 for the Ministry of Justice, and Sir Nicholas Dakin corrected the answer on 11 June 2025. The corrected text no longer gives the figure 10,438. Altogether 55 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 46823, on Electronic Tagging: Standards, what estimate she has made of the number of offenders who were not tagged because the Probation Service held an incorrect address for them in the last two years.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate However, of the 10,438 untagged cases audited by probation between 01/01/25 and 31/03/25, eight referred | The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost due to data quality issues. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1800529?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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