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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-06-26more like thismore than 2018-06-26
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Offensive Weapons: Sentencing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to increase the length of prison sentences recommended for people caught in possession of bladed weapons in public. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
tabling member printed
Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 157838 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-07-02more like thismore than 2018-07-02
answer text <p>Knife crime can have devastating consequences and the government is determined to take action to address serious violence. Sentencing is a matter for our independent judiciary but anyone who continues to carry a knife in public can expect to face a custodial sentence.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, Parliament agreed a minimum custodial sentence for a second or subsequent conviction for possession of a bladed article or offensive weapon. For adults, this is a minimum sentence of 6 months’ imprisonment whilst for 16 and 17 year olds the Act created a minimum custodial sentence of a 4 month Detention and Training Order (DTO). Since the introduction of the minimum custodial term people caught carrying a knife for a second time are now more likely than ever before to go to prison – recent statistics show that 83% of offenders received a custodial sentence for repeat possession offences in 2017.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Penrith and The Border remove filter
answering member printed Rory Stewart more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-07-02T16:59:46.44Zmore like thismore than 2018-07-02T16:59:46.44Z
answering member
4137
label Biography information for Rory Stewart more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse more like this