In an interview on Sunday with the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, Norris said it was "too soon" to provide a figure. "We don't have that number. But you know, we're very candid about who's leaving prison and when they do," he said. Asked whether released domestic abusers had been tagged, Norris said it would be "too soon to know that". He added that the government had been talking to every victim to offer them the chance to say what controls they would like to see.
The government has introduced a "presumption of electronic tagging" for offenders released early under the act, which is intended to help manage overcrowding. However, several prisoners released last week told the Guardian they had not been tagged. Michael Bogle, released from HMP Wandsworth after serving 78 days for breaching a suspended sentence, said he had an appointment with probation officers but it could take months before he received a tag. Bogle said he had been housed in a bed and breakfast facility instead of a promised bail hostel, was running out of money, and feared he would reoffend if hungry.
Ministers intervened to exclude rapists and the most serious child sexual offenders from early release after criticism of the policy over the summer. The rules also do not apply to those guilty of manslaughter, such as the killers of PC Andrew Harper.