How many offenders with electronic tags have breached their orders in the past five years.

You asked about how many offenders with electronic tags have breached their orders in the past five years.In answering your question, we have taken this to mean orders of the court (as opposed to those monitored on a release licence) and by offenders, we have taken that to mean those convicted, so not those monitored on electronically monitored bail.In the following tables, data on all restriction of liberty orders (RLOs) and community payback orders (CPOs) and drug testing and treatment orders (DTTOs) which have an electronically monitored restricted movement requirement imposed since April 2020 is provided. The data set out below shows “status at order end”, either: revoked or expired. This is what is known by the Scottish Government at the time of order end, as the decision making on whether something is an established breach of an order, sits with the court.Compliance with an order is reported back by the monitoring provider to a court, and the court then determines what actions they wish to take in relation to that order, which may include continuing, varying or revoking that order, including to impose a further order or an alternative disposal such as custody.An order can be revoked by the issuing court for a number of reasons including: on appeal, on breach of a concurrent order, because a new offence had been committed or a breach of an order has occurred.The category of “expired” orders, includes orders where the outcome of any court consideration may not yet be known at the point the order ends. It will also include orders that were not being actively monitored at order end. Active monitoring could cease for reasons including: absence of the monitored person without consent, householder consent to monitor at that address being withdrawn or as the individual is otherwise absent for example they are already in custody or are in hospital.Revoked Orders April 2020 to March 2025Order TypeApril 2020 to March 2021April 2021 to March 2022April 2022 to March 2023April 2023 to March 2024April 2024 to March 2025RLO192309317349485CPO00x1630DTTO00000Expired Orders April 2020 to March 2025Order TypeApril 2020 to March 2021April 2021 to March 2022April 2022 to March 2023April 2023 to March 2024April 2024 to March 2025RLO327505480540618CPO00133576DTTO00x00Orders Imposed April 2020 to March 2025 April 2020 to March 2021April 2021 to March 2022April 2022 to March 2023April 2023 to March 2024April 2024 to March 2025Total number of orders imposed*3,1033,5193,8694,0614,782% of Revoked and Expired orders*17**23212324* RLO, CPO and DTTO** The number of revoked and expired orders during 2021-22 may have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.NotesSome figures are not be able to be disclosed due to small numbers (less than five). These are marked with ‘x’.These numbers are drawn from management information held by the service provider, G4S.We are unable to provide information in relation to movement restriction conditions (MRC) which are issued by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration in respect of a young person. This is because these conditions are not solely used in relation to offending behaviour. MRCs are measures put in place as part of a care order, rather than an alternative to custody.