Drunken yobs to be forced to wear Lindsay Lohan-style 'sobriety tags' Thousands of yobs will be made to wear electronic 'sobriety tags' Â Tags will be offered as an alternative to jail under Conservative plans Legal orders will require offenders to wear the tags for up to 120 days Pioneering device tests criminals' sweat for alcohol every 30 minutesÂ If the wearer starts drinking then the tag alerts the police immediately By Jason Groves, Deputy Political Editor for the Daily Mail Actress Lindsay Lohan was made to wear the tag in the US. They could be introduced in the UK by a Conservative government Thousands of drunken yobs will be fitted with electronic â€˜sobriety tagsâ€™ to help them cut down on alcohol, under Tory plans. Wearing the tags will be a condition of new â€˜sobriety ordersâ€™ that will be offered as an alternative to jail for certain offences if the Conservatives win the next election. The legal orders â€" dubbed â€˜Sosbosâ€™ â€" will require offenders to keep the tags on for up to 120 days. If the individual manages to stay off alcohol they will be let off with a caution. But if they are caught drinking they face an Â£80 fine, community punishments and possible jail. The devices test the wearerâ€™s sweat for alcohol every 30 minutes and alert the authorities if the person starts drinking. Trials in the United States, where actress Lindsay Lohan is among those to have been fitted with a tag, suggest they can cut re-offending by at least 14 per cent. Pilot schemes were launched this year in London, Northamptonshire and Cheshire, and Tory sources say there is now enough evidence to support rolling the scheme out across England and Wales. Legal powers already exist to impose the orders and the Conservatives will use their election manifesto to pledge funding to deal with an initial 5,000 offenders a year, at a cost of Â£15million. David Cameron last night claimed the scheme could help thousands of binge drinkers turn their lives around and cut alcohol-related crime â€" which is estimated to cost Britain at least Â£8billion. The Prime Minister said: â€˜While overall crime has fallen under this Government, we need to do more. â€˜Sobriety orders will offer judges and magistrates a valuable new weapon in the fight against drink-related crime.â€™Â The hope is that by forcing people to stay sober, they will continue their good habits once the tag is removed. Thousands of drunken yobs will be fitted with 'sobriety tags' to help them cut down on alcohol and avoid going to prison, under Conservative plans (file picture) Judges will be given the power to impose â€˜Sosbosâ€™ for a string of drink-related offences, such as common assault, drink-driving, obstructing a police officer, being drunk and disorderly and causing criminal damage.Â Offenders will typically be required to wear the tags for between 60 and 90 days, up to a maximum of 120 days. If the tag detects alcohol, it beeps to tell the wearer they have broken the rules as well as alerting the authorities.Â To qualify for the scheme, the offender must have been drunk at the time of their crime, but those considered to be alcoholics will not be eligible. Soaring numbers of older women are being treated for alcoholism, figures have shown. Public Health England statistics reveal a 65 per cent rise in older women getting help for problem drinking over the past five years. Over-60s now make up nearly one in ten of all women in alcohol dependency programmes, and experts say the rise has been driven by loneliness in retirement and a growing acceptance of drinking at home. Some 2,376 women over the age of 60 started treatment for alcohol dependency in 2013/14, a marked increase from just 1,436 in 2008/09. Women in that age bracket now make up 9 per cent of newly diagnosed alcoholics â€" up from 6 per cent five years ago. In contrast, the number of women between the ages of 18 and 29 starting treatment for alcoholism went down in the same period, from 18 per cent to 14 per cent. The Priory Group, which analysed the figures, said it was seeing more professional women starting to drink heavily when they retired. And the rise is thought to be partly down to the fact that people are having alcohol delivered by supermarkets. Consultant psychiatrist Dr Paul McLaren said: â€˜A common pattern is for regular drinkers tipping into harmful drinking in retirement. â€˜Many of the women I see are retired professionals who never had issues with alcohol in the past. Then there is home delivery â€" supermarket delivery services will bring it straight to their door.â€™ He added: â€˜Because older women donâ€™t fit the stereotypes, and often keep their drinking hidden, there just arenâ€™t enough services out there to offer them the help they need.â€™