{"value":{"id":1900263,"askingMemberId":452,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-04-15T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","uin":"HL16405","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the fitting quality of electronic monitoring tags.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5364,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-04-27T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The field and monitoring service contract, with the provider Serco, has clear contractual requirements governing the delivery of the Electronic Monitoring service, including the fitting of electronic monitoring tags. The latest performance data from Serco evidenced continued improved performance with all contractual KPIs met.</p><p>The relevant contract can be found on contract finder via the following links, and have also been attached for ease: <a href=\"https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/f88c4dcb-1403-4bda-9ccd-b987d75db8f1?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1\" target=\"_blank\">Electronic Monitoring Field and Monitoring Service (FMS) - Contracts Finder</a> and <a href=\"https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0e7ad9b3-c6fb-46ea-8f67-0a9f0391e22c\" target=\"_blank\">Electronic Monitoring - MDSS contract - Contracts Finder</a>.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Electronic Tagging","attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1900263/original/2026-04-29 PQ HL16405 Annex 1.pdf","title":"EM FMS Contract","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":152254},{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1900263/original/2026-04-29 PQ HL16405 Annex 2.pdf","title":"EM MDSS Contract","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":152209}],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1900263","method":"GET"}]}