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1728103

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for knife crime.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	4767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to halving knife crime in the next decade as set out in our Safer Streets Mission.</p><p>From Tuesday 24 September, it will be illegal to own zombie-style knives and machetes as they will be added to the list of dangerous prohibited items already banned, including zombie knives, butterfly knives, Samurai swords, and push daggers. The Government will also legislate to ban ninja swords and strengthen rules to prevent online sales of knives.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service and National Police Chiefs’ Council also work closely to prevent and tackle knife crime. Guidance setting out their joint approach to knife crime offending can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/offensive-weapons-knife-crime-practical-guidance" target="_blank">Offensive Weapons, Knife Crime Practical Guidance | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 12/09/2024 13:37:34 answering member 5204
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1727413

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce knife crime.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
	tabling member printed	Chris Hinchliff
	uin	4303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The government has set on a mission to halve knife crime over the next decade, and is already taking decisive action to prevent young people from being drawn into violent crime and to get dangerous knifes off our streets.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 13/09/2024 12:48:11 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	5244

1724053

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Mayor of London on steps to tackle knife crime.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	2084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has already met the Mayor of London to discuss knife crime and other related issues, and will maintain regular discussions with the Mayor and other key stakeholders throughout the country to tackle this awful crime.</p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 02/09/2024 11:08:54 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1723911

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ban ninja swords, zombie knives and machetes.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	900117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has a manifesto commitment to ban ninja swords and other weapons and we will be taking this forward as soon as possible, ensuring that lethal blades which have been used to kill teenagers on our streets are no longer available to buy or sell.</p><p>We will also be implementing the ban on zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes approved by Parliament in April.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 29/07/2024 15:14:44 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1718316

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) meetings and (b) other discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on knife crime in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	26416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire regularly meet with the Mayor of London and Police and Crime Commissioners to discuss crime and policing matters.</p><p>Since 2019, the Home Office has provided over £43m of funding for a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) in London which is providing a multi-agency, preventative response designed to tackle the drivers of serious violence and knife crime in London. In addition, c.£8.1m has been awarded in 2024/25 to deliver the ‘Hotspot Response’ programme and enable additional, high visibility patrols and problem-solving tactics in the areas worst affected by serious violence and ASB.</p><p>Additionally, just under £1.3m has been awarded in 2023/24 to support delivery of the Serious Violence Duty in London.</p><p>Following a surrender scheme, the manufacture, supply, sale and possession of zombie-style knives and machetes that are designed to look intimidating but have no practical purpose will be outlawed from 24 September 2024.</p><p>Additionally, through the Criminal Justice Bill, we are providing more powers for police to seize knives held in private that they believe will be used for unlawful violence, increasing the maximum penalty for the offences of selling prohibited weapons and selling knives to under 18s and creating a new offence of possessing an article with blade or point or an offensive weapon with intent to commit unlawful violence.</p><p>We are also providing £3.5 million into the research, development, and evaluation of new technologies to reduce knife crime, including knife detection technologies. The Metropolitan Police has been given £547,863 for further live facial recognition mobile units to be deployed across their 75 London hotspots.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/05/2024 15:37:45 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1700523

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 18 were convicted of knife crime offences in the year ending March (a) 2023 and (b) 2018; and how many such people were first time offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	21410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>In the year ending March 2023, 2,108 children were convicted of a knife crime offence (defined as knife possession and knife threatening offences) and for 1,924 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence. Compared to the year ending March 2018, 2,635 children were convicted of a knife crime offence and for 2,398 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence.</p><p> </p><p>In the year ending March 2023, 11,899 people (i.e. adults and children) were convicted of a knife crime offence and for 9,314 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence. Compared to year ending March 2018, 12,163 people were convicted of a knife crime offence and for 9,865 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling knife crime is a priority and this Government is determined to do all it can to break the deadly cycle of violence that devastates the lives of individuals, families and communities.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking significant action to both prevent and respond to crimes involving weapons through the Serious Violence Strategy, the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers, and increasing stop and search powers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21411 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:49:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1700524

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of knife crime offences in the year ending March (a) 2023 and (b) 2018; and how many such people were first time offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	21411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>In the year ending March 2023, 2,108 children were convicted of a knife crime offence (defined as knife possession and knife threatening offences) and for 1,924 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence. Compared to the year ending March 2018, 2,635 children were convicted of a knife crime offence and for 2,398 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence.</p><p> </p><p>In the year ending March 2023, 11,899 people (i.e. adults and children) were convicted of a knife crime offence and for 9,314 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence. Compared to year ending March 2018, 12,163 people were convicted of a knife crime offence and for 9,865 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling knife crime is a priority and this Government is determined to do all it can to break the deadly cycle of violence that devastates the lives of individuals, families and communities.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking significant action to both prevent and respond to crimes involving weapons through the Serious Violence Strategy, the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers, and increasing stop and search powers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21410 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:49:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1697210

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the charge rate for knife crime offences was in England in (a) 2018 and (b) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	19492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>Overall levels of violent crime experienced by the general population are down by 51% since 2010, according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Levels of serious youth violence, as measured by the number of under-25 hospital admissions following an assault with a knife or other bladed instrument, are down by 25% in England and Wales compared with the year ending 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the investigative outcomes of crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. These data can be found in the Home Office Open Data Tables, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/03/2024 16:54:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1697215

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on regarding knife crime.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	19497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on how many weapons have been seized in schools.</p><p>The statutory ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ (KCSIE) guidance advises schools on creating safe environments. KCSIE is clear that all staff should have an awareness of safeguarding issues that can put children at risk of harm. The ‘Searching, Screening and Confiscation’ Guidance was updated in 2022 to emphasise the importance of the school duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils and staff. Headteachers, and the staff they authorise, have a statutory power to search a pupil or their possessions, where they have reasonable grounds to suspect that the pupil may have a prohibited item, such as knives or weapons, and confiscate such items.</p><p>The department works across government, and with other partners, on initiatives to prevent serious violence, including knife crime. Over £50 million has been made available to fund specialist support in mainstream and alternative provision schools in the areas where serious violence most affects children and communities. This includes SAFE (‘Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed’) taskforces that have been established in ten areas, reaching over 2,100 children as of September 2023. Taskforces are school-led partnerships investing in evidence-based interventions in and around school, such as mentoring and social skills training, that reach children early on, to re-engage them in their education and reduce their involvement in serious violence. To benefit areas outside of the programme, the department has published a supportive guide on school-based interventions, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safe-taskforces" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safe-taskforces</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 19493 19494 19495 19496 19498 question first answered 27/03/2024 14:49:05 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1689515

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle knife crime in (a) Enfield North Constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	14414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Since 2019, the Home Office has provided over £43m of funding for a London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) (including £9.5m this year) which is providing a multi-agency, preventative response designed to tackle the drivers of serious violence and knife crime. In addition, we have invested over £60m (including c.£8.9m this year) in ‘hotspot policing’ to boost the policing response to serious violence in London and provide high-visibility police patrols and problem-solving tactics in the streets and neighbourhoods most affected.</p><p>VRUs are tasked with investing in evidence-based approaches designed to steer vulnerable young people away from involvement in violence. As part of this approach, the London VRU is funding local interventions in Enfield including an outreach and detached youth team which delivers after school activities and creative sessions, 1-1 holistic support for young people, mentoring sessions and sports sessions for children and young people. Alongside this, the policing hot spot response programme is targeting key locations in Enfield Town and Fore Street. In addition to additional visible police patrols, policing interventions delivered through this programme in Enfield have included work to prevent robberies of school pupils and work to target males who were assaulting sex workers.</p><p>The government is also taking forward a programme of national activity to drive down knife crime. This includes recent consultation on new legislative proposals, including a ban of zombie-style knives and machetes. The government response was published on 30 August 2023. Following careful consideration of the responses to the consultation, a Statutory Instrument was laid in Parliament on 25 January 2024. Once the legislation has been approved by Parliament, a surrender scheme will be launched this summer to remove these items from our streets and once this has been completed, the manufacture, supply, sale and possession of zombie-style knives and machetes will be outlawed from 24 September 2024. This will cover face to face and online sales.</p><p>Additionally, through the Criminal Justice Bill 2023, which is currently progressing through parliament, we are providing more powers for police to seize knives held in private that they believe will be used for unlawful violence, increasing the maximum penalty for the offences of selling prohibited weapons and selling knives to under 18s and creating a new offence of possessing an article with blade or point or an offensive weapon with intent to commit unlawful violence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 14416 14417 question first answered 26/02/2024 16:54:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1687389

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving (a) knives and (b) other sharp instruments were recorded in a (i) domestic residence and (ii) non-domestic setting by each police force in England and Wales in the last year for which information is available; and if he will provide a breakdown of those figures by the gender of the victim.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	13033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the requested data. Statistics on knife or sharp instrument offences may be found as part of the Office for National Statistics release: Crime in England and Wales: year ending September 2023.</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2023" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2023</a></p><p>There are no plans at present to commission specific research to provide a data set about prevalence of knife / sharp instrument offending in domestic residential settings.</p><p>The Home Office regularly considers representations about knife crime and knives from interested parties including the police, Members of Parliament and members of the public. This has on occasion included representations about round tipped kitchen knives reducing the risk of injury.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 13034 13035 question first answered 13/02/2024 14:59:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1687391

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will commission research into the prevalence of offending with (a) knives and (b) other sharp instruments in domestic residential settings.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	13035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the requested data. Statistics on knife or sharp instrument offences may be found as part of the Office for National Statistics release: Crime in England and Wales: year ending September 2023.</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2023" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2023</a></p><p>There are no plans at present to commission specific research to provide a data set about prevalence of knife / sharp instrument offending in domestic residential settings.</p><p>The Home Office regularly considers representations about knife crime and knives from interested parties including the police, Members of Parliament and members of the public. This has on occasion included representations about round tipped kitchen knives reducing the risk of injury.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 13033 13034 question first answered 13/02/2024 14:59:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1682996

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to work with relevant authorities to tackle knife (a) possession and (b) crime among youth in (i) England and (ii) Romford constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	10044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>Tackling knife crime is a priority and the Government is determined to crack down on the scourge of violence devastating our communities.</p><p>We recently consulted on new legislative proposals to tackle knife crime and as a result, in the Criminal Justice Bill, we have introduced provisions to provide more powers for police to seize knives held in private that could be used in crimes, increase the maximum penalty for the offences of selling prohibited weapons and selling knives to under 18s. In the next few weeks, the Government intends to introduce a new ban on zombie-style machetes and knives.</p><p>As a result of the Government’s Police Uplift Programme (PUP) the Metropolitan police service has recruited 3,468 additional uplift officers against a total three-year allocation of 4,557 officers. The Metropolitan Police’s funding will be up to £3,581.1 million for 2024/25, an increase of up to £118.9 million when compared to 2023/24.</p><p>Under this Government, it has never been easier for the police to make legitimate use of stop and search powers. Every knife seized through stop and search is a potential life saved. In 2022-23, stop and search removed over 15,000 weapons and firearms from our streets and resulted over 74,000 arrests across England and Wales. In Essex there were over 2,000 resultant arrests following a stop and search and almost 4,600 searches resulted in a stolen or prohibited article being found in 2022-23.</p><p>The Home Office has invested over £160m since 2019 into the development of 20 Violence Reduction Units across England and Wales with a further £55m made available for 2023/24. Since 2019, we have provided over £43 million to develop and run the London Violence Reduction Unit, which covers Havering. This includes an investment of £9.5m in 2023/24. Violence Reduction Units deter people, particularly young people, from becoming involved in serious violence by bringing together partners from health, probation, policing, housing and beyond and investing in the best evidence-based interventions.</p><p>Through our Grip programme, we are providing additional funding to enable the Metropolitan police to boost patrols in specific streets and neighbourhoods most affected by violence, including Romford High Street. This programme is providing regular, visible patrols to deter violence and provide community reassurance as well as problem-oriented policing.</p><p>Problem-oriented policing is based on an analytical approach that seeks to identify and respond to the specific drivers of violence as they affect the particular location, so that working with partners, the police can take effective preventative action to tackle these. Since 2019, we have provided The Met Police with c.£51.8 million for their delivery of the programme and have awarded them a further c.£8.9 million for this (23/24) financial year.</p><p>Violence Reduction Units, in combination with GRIP, have delivered a statistically significant reduction in hospital admissions for violent injuries since funding began in 2019 (an estimated 3,220 admissions have been prevented in areas where the programmes operate).</p><p>Over 10 years the Home Office is investing £200m in early intervention and prevention initiatives to help children and young people at risk of exploitation and involvement in serious violence, through the Youth Endowment Fund.</p><p>The YEF have funded the SW!TCH Lives project in Romford, which aimed to promote positive actions and emotions and reduce risky behaviour by providing young people with consistent, positive role models, weekly mentoring and positive peer networks. They have also funded ‘You and Me Counselling’ as part of the COVID-19 Learning Project, which aimed to provide targeted support to young people at risk of being involved in violence; and second, to learn fast about the best ways to reach young people during a period of social distancing.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/01/2024 17:35:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1680765

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for (a) selling and (b) supplying knives to those aged under 18 in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	8688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of convictions in England and Wales for the following offences:</p><ul><li>19522 - Selling a blade to a person aged under 18 years</li><li>19520 - Summary offences under Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 and Criminal Justice Act 1988</li></ul><p>These can be accessed by navigating to the ‘<em>Prosecutions and convictions</em>’ tab and using the <em>HO Offence Code</em> filter to select the above offences in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool</a>.</p><p>19520 - Summary offences under the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 and the Criminal Justice Act 1988’ includes offences related to supplying offensive weapons. However, information on whether these relate to supplying knives specifically or whether they are sold to those aged under 18 is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings database.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 15/01/2024 13:02:51 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1679651

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle knife crime in Solihull constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	7974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Tackling knife crime and violent assaults is a priority and the Government is determined to crack down on the scourge of violence devastating our communities.</p><p>As a result of the Government’s Police Uplift Programme (PUP) the West Midlands Force recruited 1,376 additional uplift officers against a total three-year allocation of 1,218 officers. On 31 March 2023, there were 8,067 police officers in West Midlands, a total growth of 1,376 additional officers against the baseline (6,691) at the start of the Police Uplift Programme.</p><p>The Government is proposing a total police funding settlement of up to £18.4 billion in 2024-25, an increase of up to £842.9 million when compared to 2023-24. Assuming full take up of precept flexibility, overall police funding available to PCCs will increase by up to £922.2 million (6.0% in cash terms). West Midlands funding will be up to £789.4 million for 2024/25, an increase of up to £50 million when compared to 2023/24.</p><p>West Midlands Police are delivering additional policing in their areas worst affected by serious violence via the Grip programme funding, including in Solihull City Centre. This is a combination of regular visible patrols in the streets and neighbourhoods (‘hotspot areas’) experiencing the highest volumes of serious violence to immediately suppress violence and provide community reassurance, and problem-oriented policing. Problem-oriented policing is bespoke to the local areas to tackle the local underlying drivers of crime, using a more comprehensive menu of policing interventions and enforcement. Interventions in the Force area have included targeted open space knife sweeps, knife crime education in schools, and conducting safeguarding referrals. Grip-funded analysts monitor operational police activity within the hotspots, as well as crime levels, to understand the effects of additional patrols on violent crime.</p><p>Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) bring together local partners to understand and tackle the drivers of serious violence in their area. They facilitate the sharing of data across organisational boundaries to build a shared understanding of the root causes of violence locally.</p><p>In the West Midlands its VRU delivers a range of preventative interventions, including Hospital and Custody Navigators (youth workers in settings steering young people away from violence at a ‘teachable moment’), cognitive behavioural therapy programmes and sports-based diversionary programmes.</p><p>Violence Reduction Units, in combination with Grip, have delivered a statistically significant reduction in hospital admissions for violent injuries since funding began in 2019 (an estimated 3,220 admissions have been prevented in areas where the programmes operate). VRUs have supported over 271,000 young people through funded initiatives in in their fourth year of operation alone.</p><p>We also recently consulted on new legislative proposals to tackle knife crime and as a result, in the Criminal Justice Bill, we have introduced provisions to provide more powers for police to seize knives held in private that could be used in crimes, increase the maximum penalty for the offences of selling prohibited weapons and selling knives to under 18s. When Parliamentary time allows, the Government intends to introduce a new ban on zombie-style machetes and knives.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 7977 question first answered 15/01/2024 15:49:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1677700

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential factors that contribute to teenage involvement in knife crime.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
	uin	6915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Home Office analysts have previously produced a report examining risk factors for serious violence (including weapons carrying) based on two UK-based longitudinal surveys of young people.</p><p>The report is available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d36d7fa40f0b604d8e5fe4b/analysis-of-indicators-of-serious-violence-horr110.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d36d7fa40f0b604d8e5fe4b/analysis-of-indicators-of-serious-violence-horr110.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/12/2023 14:59:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1677395

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for knife crime in England since January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	6559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of prosecutions for criminal offences, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool</a>. This information can be further broken down by offence group and specific offences using the appropriate filters (for knife crime offences, select ‘10D Possession of article with blade or point’ in the Offence filter). To see prosecutions for England only, Welsh police force areas (Dyfed Powys, Gwent, North Wales, South Wales) can be deselected from the appropriate filter.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 20/12/2023 16:21:52 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1676658

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle knife crime in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	5970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Tackling knife crime is a priority and the Government is determined to crack down on the scourge of violence devastating our communities.</p><p>As a result of the Government’s Police Uplift Programme (PUP) the Metropolitan Police Service now has over 35,000 officers (35,411), the highest number on record.</p><p>On 31 January, the Government confirmed a total police funding settlement of up to £17.2 billion in 2023/24, an increase of up to £313.8 million when compared to 2022/23. The Metropolitan Police’s funding will be up to £3.3 billion in 2023/24, an increase of up to £102.3 million when compared to 2022/23.</p><p>Since 2019, we have provided over £43 million to develop and run the London Violence Reduction Unit, which covers Havering, including Romford. Violence Reduction Units deter people, particularly young people, from becoming involved in serious violence by bringing together partners from health, probation, policing, housing and beyond and investing in the best evidence-based interventions.</p><p>Since 2019 we have provided the Metropolitan Police, who serve Havering, with over £61 million to deliver targeted enforcement action to tackle serious violence. The Grip programme suppresses and prevents serious violence by using data to identify the top violence hotspots and targets visible police activity in those areas.</p><p>We recently consulted on new legislative proposals to tackle knife crime and as a result, in the Criminal Justice Bill, we have introduced provisions to provide more powers for police to seize knives held in private that could be used in crimes, increase the maximum penalty for the offences of selling prohibited weapons and selling knives to under 18s. When Parliamentary time allows, the Government intends to introduce a new ban on zombie-style machetes and knives that have no practical use.</p><p>Finally, we are also providing £200 million over 10 years for the Youth Endowment Fund, to test and evaluate what works to ensure those young people most at risk are given the opportunity to turn away from violence. This includes a variety of projects across London.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/12/2023 17:39:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1674080

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of offenders convicted of a knife-crime offence who had previously been convicted of (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) more than five knife-crime offences who were sentenced to an immediate prison sentence of up to 12 months in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 24/05/2024 11:11:01 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1671484

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of knife crime offences were sentenced to immediate custody of 12 months or less in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	2546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon grouped question UIN 2548 2549 question first answered 24/05/2024 11:16:48 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1663358

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the types of (a) knives and (b) other sharp instruments that have been used in (i) homicides and (ii) other offences involving those instruments in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	201212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office Homicide Index holds detailed data on homicides recorded by the police in England and Wales. Information on the type of sharp instrument used in a homicide was added to the collection in April 2022. These data, for the year ending March 2023, are due to be published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in February 2024.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely collect information on the types of knives or sharp instruments used in other offences.</p><p>The year ending June 2023 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) published by the ONS shows that violent incidents have fallen by 52% since the year ending March 2010.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 201213 question first answered 19/10/2023 12:04:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1658285

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to tackle illegal online advertisement of knives intended to encourage (a) combat and (b) violent behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	197852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Under measures in the Knives Act 1997 it is an offence to market a knife in a way which indicates, or suggests, that it is suitable for combat, or is otherwise likely to encourage violent behaviour involving the use of the knife as a weapon. A person found guilty of this offence on indictment can face up to 2 years imprisonment or a fine or both.</p><p>We are also introducing the Online Safety Bill which is currently in its final stages in Parliament. The legislation will achieve Royal Assent this Autumn and Ofcom’s powers will commence shortly after.</p><p>For the first time in the UK, tech companies are going to be accountable to an independent regulator to keep their users, particularly children, safe. They will need to remove and limit the spread of illegal content. This means less illegal content online and when it does appear it will be removed quicker.</p><p>Schedule 7 of the Bill sets out a series of priority offences which includes the sale of weapons online, including sales from online marketplaces. Companies will need to take particularly robust action to prevent the proliferation of this content online and ensure that their services are not used for offending. This means companies will need to proactively mitigate the risk that their services are used for illegal activity including removing any content that does appear as soon as they are made aware of it.</p><p>In addition, as part of DCMS' Online Advertising Programme, the government will introduce a new and targeted regulatory framework for paid-for online advertising, which will focus on tackling illegal advertising and increasing the protection of children and young people from adverts for products and services that are illegal to sell.</p><p>DCMS will be issuing a consultation on the details of the proposed regulation in due course and have convened a ministerially-led industry taskforce to drive forward non-legislative action meanwhile.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 16:04:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1647988

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking through the criminal justice system to tackle knife crime.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Anna Firth
	uin	905649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Tackling knife crime remains a priority and this Government will continue to do all it can to break the deadly cycle of violence that devastates the lives of individuals, families and communities.</p><p>We have taken significant action to both prevent and respond to crimes involving weapons through the Serious Violence Strategy, the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 and increased stop and search powers.</p><p>We have recently consulted on further measures to tackle this issue.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/06/2023 14:11:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4936 label Biography information for Anna Firth

1645983

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a list of projects funded by the £340 million allocated to tackle knife crime in last three years; and if her Department has allocated any additional funding (a) to tackle Serious Violent Crime, (b) to tackle Knife Crime and (c) for crime prevention activities in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	190333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Since 2019 the Home Office has made available £340 million in the 20 police force areas of England and Wales (18 areas until 2022) most affected by serious violence, including knife crime, to support the work of local partners and the police in tackling these appalling crimes.</p><p>This includes £170m that we have made available for the Home Office Violence Reduction Unit Programme and £170m that we have made available for the Grip programme (previously known as Surge) hot spot policing programme. Violence Reduction Units bring together key partners including representatives of local authorities, health, education, and policing to identify the local drivers of violence and agree and deliver a programme of action in response to these. Through the Grip programme, we are funding additional, visible policing patrols and problem-solving activity in the streets and neighbourhoods most affected by violent crime. The police force areas in which Violence Reduction Unit and Grip projects are being delivered are: London, West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Northumbria, Thames Valley, Lancashire, Essex, Avon &amp; Somerset, Kent, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Sussex, Hampshire, South Wales, Cleveland, and Humberside. Violence Reduction Unit and Grip funding will continue in the 23/24 financial year.</p><p>In addition to this, there is other funding from the Home Office for crime prevention activities.</p><p>Information regarding all Government grants statistics can also be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/government-grants-statistics-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">Gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Government’s Spending Review announcements can also be found on <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1043688/Budget_AB2021_Print.pdf" target="_blank">Gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/06/2023 10:09:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1629146

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing sentences for (a) knife possession offences and (b) other offences involving a knife.
	tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
	tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
	uin	185995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts. When deciding what sentence to impose, courts must consider the circumstances of the case in line with any relevant sentencing guidelines issued by the independent Sentencing Council.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the seriousness of offences related to knives, the law provides for minimum custodial sentences for repeat knife possession and offences that involve threatening with a weapon. Measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act which came into force in 2022 strengthened existing legislation to make sure that the courts always impose at least the minimum term unless there are exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 April the Government launched a 7-week consultation on proposed legislation to tackle knife crime and particularly the use of certain types of large knives and machetes in crime. The proposals provide a multifaceted and focused approach, which we believe will target criminals whilst still allowing the general public to pursue their employment and pastimes with minimal disruption. The consultation may be viewed at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-proposed-legislation" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-proposed-legislation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/05/2023 11:47:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt