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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

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