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<p>Government Departments are working quickly to tackle knife crime and the CPS continues
to prosecute knife crime robustly. Charges for offensive weapons and possession of
a bladed article increased to 27,525 in 2017/18, compared with 25,993 in 2016/17.</p><p>
</p><p>I attended the Serious Youth Violence Summit hosted by the Prime Minister in
April to discuss this serious issue. Following the Summit, cross-government work will
now be overseen and driven forward by the new Serious Violence Strategy Implementation
Taskforce chaired by the Prime Minister. The Attorney General will be a member of
this Taskforce, and both he and I regularly engage with discussions about effectively
tackling knife crime.</p>
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