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Accepted
The NAO found persistent issues in the quality and availability of HMPPS’s data on tagging,...
Recommendation
The NAO found persistent issues in the quality and availability of HMPPS’s data on tagging, including inefficient processes, poor-quality data, limited data capture and access, and siloed data and systems. In particular, HMPPS only captured data on offenders’ age and gender.30 We asked witnesses whether they intended to capture more data on protected characteristics and whether they were concerned that ethnic minority offenders may have a greater likelihood of being placed on tags or not being placed on tags. The Ministry and HMPPS committed to capturing this data in future contracts to make sure they were providing a fair and proportionate service. More generally, HMPPS acknowledged that it could make better use of the pool of data available.31 30 C&AG’s report, para 2.18 31 Qq 72, 76–77 14 Transforming electronic monitoring services 3 Expanding tagging services
Government Response Summary
The government agreed to the recommendation with a target implementation date of August 2023, outlining that EM data analysts now receive monthly data, a data improvement plan is developed, and data scientists have access to detailed, cleansed data for analytics.
Government Response
Accepted
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: August 2023 4.2 EM data analysts now receive monthly data from EM service providers. This informs a comprehensive internal reporting suite and supports quarterly external publications. A data improvement plan has been developed and a data dictionary produced to map the data structure from existing providers to the improved Future Service design. The department’s data scientists now have access to a detailed cut of provider data which has been cleansed and matched with core probation data. This enables the agency to develop more detailed analytics about the impact of EM.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Inquiry
Electronic Monitoring programme
Report
Twenty-First Report: Transforming electronic monitoring services
21 Oct 2022
HC 34
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
3.8 yrs
Report published
21 Oct 2022