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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