Commenting on the report on the Electronic Monitoring of Adult Offenders by the National Audit Office, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson, Lynne Featherstone MP said:

“The Home Office obviously need to go back to the drawing board on this one.Delays in both fitting tags and responding to breaches clearly undermine this system, which makes a valuable contribution to reducing sky-high re-offending rates.

“The point of releasing prisoners early on a tag is to help them to rehabilitate and integrate back into society while maintaining a basic level of security.Public confidence is seriously undermined by the kind of hiccups highlighted in today’s report.”