Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the reviews of electronic monitoring commissioned by his Department and by Serco, as referred to in the National Audit Office’s July 2026 report on electronic monitoring.

The reviews contain commercially sensitive information relating to the delivery and performance of Electronic Monitoring services, including information concerning the Department’s contractual relationship with Serco.

Disclosure would prejudice, or would be likely to prejudice, the commercial interests of either the supplier and the Ministry of Justice, including in the context of ongoing contractual and commercial arrangements. The public interest in disclosure has been considered against the need to protect the Department’s ability to manage those arrangements effectively and secure value for money for the taxpayer. On balance, the Department considers that the information should continue to be withheld.