Expert to be appointed to advise on introduction of electronic monitoring

The Criminal Justice Act 2017 provides for electronic monitoring as part of the conditions of bail, but this has not yet been put into practice.

The Department has now said it is at the stage of consulting with experts before putting out a tender for the provision of electronic monitoring services.

A spokesperson for the Department of Justice said: “Extensive preparations are under way to ensure these provisions can be implemented and more importantly, to ensure they can be effective.

“The department is currently engaged with the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) to try and identify a suitable expert from within the existing OGP frameworks to advise the department on electronic monitoring pre-market consultations.”