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<p>The Government does not keep disaggregated records of funding specifically dedicated
to tackling knife crime and it is not possible to differentiate out funding on knife
crime from funding allocated to police forces.</p><p>The Government’s Serious Violence
Strategy, published in April 2018, set out a very significant programme of work with
an ambitious programme including the following:</p><p>• An Early Intervention Youth
Fund of £22 million<br>• £1.5 million for the anti-knife crime Community Fund<br>•
£3.6 million we have provided for the establishment of the new <br> National County
Lines Coordination Centre<br>• £1.4 million to support a new national police capability
to tackle gang <br> related activity on social media <br>• Support to the #knifefree
national knife crime media campaign<br>• The Offensive Weapons Bill currently passing
through Parliament</p><p>In addition, we are allocating £200 million to a Youth Endowment
Fund over the next 10 years, supporting police forces to tackle knife crime under
Operation Sceptre, are soon to launch a consultation on anew legal duty to underpin
a ‘public health’ approach to tackling serious violence, and have announced an Independent
Review of Drug Misuse, to be conducted by Dame Carol Black.</p><p>On 13 March, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Spring Statement that there will be £100
million additional funding in 2019/20 to tackle serious violence, including £80m of
new funding from the Treasury. The majority of the investment will largely go towards
supporting police forces, especially where violent crime is impacting the most. The
funding will also support multi-agency Violence Reduction Units in violent crime hotspot
areas, and elsewhere. We will prioritise investment in targeted police capacity to
tackle serious violence and support for Violence Reduction Units in our Spending Review
discussions.</p>
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