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1016388

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, with reference to the finding of the British Medical Journal's report, Temporal and geographic patterns of stab injuries in young people: a retrospective cohort study from a UK major trauma centre, published on 6 November 2018, that children under 16 are at the highest risk of being stabbed when going home from school, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of staggering school leaving times to reduce incidents of knife crime between children.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	196841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>All schools have the autonomy to decide the structure and duration of their school day, which includes the flexibility to decide when their school day should start and finish.</p><p>The department has not made an assessment of these decisions taken by individual schools. We trust head teachers to decide how best to structure their school day to support their pupils’ education.</p><p>There are no specific legal requirements setting out how long each individual school day should be. Governing bodies of all maintained schools in England are responsible for deciding when each school day should begin and end. The duration of the school day in academies is the responsibility of the academy trust.</p><p>In the event that a school decides to make changes to its school day, it is our expectation that the school should act reasonably; giving parents notice and considering those affected, including pupils, teachers, and parents.</p><p>The department has made clear to schools that they have the power to discipline pupils for misbehaviour that occurs outside of the school premises. The school behaviour policy should set out what action the school will take in response to non-criminal misbehaviour off the school premises.</p><p>Any form of violence in schools is completely unacceptable and should not be tolerated. The school behaviour policy should set out how poor behaviour, including incidents of violence, is dealt with. While the department expects schools to take immediate and robust action if incidents of violence occur, any decision on how to punish the pupil involved is a matter for the school. Should the incident constitute a criminal offence, the school should report it to the police.</p><p>Knife crime has devastating consequences on society, which is why this government is working hard to tackle it and protect our children, families and communities through the Serious Violence Strategy.</p><p>Schools must be safe places for pupils and we have strengthened teachers’ powers so they can take action if they suspect a pupil has brought a prohibited item, including knives, into school.</p><p>Alongside the government’s national #knifefree campaign, we have also created resources for schools so they can teach young people about the dangers of knife crime.</p><p>We have worked with the Home Office and other key stakeholders, including the Police, Ofsted and the Health and Safety Executive, to produce new school security guidance, which includes reference to knife crime.</p><p>The department published its draft guidance and launched a public consultation on 26 November 2018 which will run until 18 February 2019. Both documents can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/school-security-draft-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/school-security-draft-guidance</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/12/2018 17:37:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1005999

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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 recent steps he has taken to tackle knife crime throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	190804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is very concerned about increases in knife crime and its impact on victims, families and communities. The action we are taking is set out in our Serious Violence Strategy and includes new legislation in the Offensive Weapons Bill, the Community Fund to support local initia-tives, the #knifefree media campaign, and continuing police action under Operation Sceptre.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/11/2018 16:52:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

993667

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the causes of the increase in the level of knife crime.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	182791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is very concerned about the increase in knife crime and the devastating impact it has on victims, their families and communities. That is why we published the Serious Violence Strategy in April setting out action to tackle knife crime including new legislation in the Offensive Weapons Bill, the launch of the anti-knife crime Community Fund to provide grants to local initiatives, the #knifefree media campaign, and continuing police action under Operation Sceptre. The strategy outlines an ambitious programme and is based on evidence about the trends and drivers of serious violence and analysis of what works in terms of interventions.</p><p>Our analysis clearly points to a range of factors driving increases in serious violence including improvements in police recording, but changes in the drugs market is a key driver of recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide. Our multi agency approach means that the strategy is not solely focused on law enforcement, but depends also on partnerships across a number of sectors such as education, health, social services, housing, youth services, victim services and others. In particular, the strategy stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes of serious violence and provide young people with the skills and resilience to lead productive lives free from violence, supported by the new £22 million Early Intervention Youth Fund and the recently announced £200 million Youth Endowment Fund.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/10/2018 12:55:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

984355

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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 Attorney General, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on the prosecution of knife crime in different parts of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Director of Public Prosecutions regularly meets with her counterpart in Northern Ireland to discuss common issues. The Attorney General will be travelling to Northern Ireland during October to meet with the Northern Ireland Attorney General.</p><p>The Government has a published the Serious Violence Strategy to take action to address serious violence including the recent increases in knife crime. The CPS is working with its cross-Government partners to deliver the Strategy, and also supports the police enforcement to tackle knife crime through its Operation Sceptre.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/10/2018 09:27:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

983145

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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 data his Department holds on the time of day that knife incidents have taken place over the last five years in (a) London and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	176462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>While the Home Office collects data on the number of selected offences involving a knife or a sharp instrument recorded by the police in England and Wales it does not contain details on the time of day that these offences took place.</p><p>The most recently published information for offences involving knives or sharp instruments is for 2017/18 and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/10/2018 16:32:39 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

973196

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many criminal incidents which included the use of a bladed weapon were reported to the police in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	174754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and I would be depositing a copy in the Library of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/10/2018 11:03:11 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ174754.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

947057

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the participation of the (a) City of London Police and (b) Metropolitan Police Service in Operation Sceptre.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>Operation Sceptre originated as a Metropolitan Police initiative, but with the agreement of the National Police Chiefs Council, it has become a regular national week of action against knife crime for police forces in England and Wales. Operation Sceptre includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, test purchases of knives from retailers, the use of surrender bins, and educational events with young people.</p><p>Both the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police take an active role in Operation Sceptre. The Metropolitan Police Service conducts its own local phases of Operation Sceptre every month, alongside the national weeks of action.</p><p>The latest national phase of Operation Sceptre in February resulted in the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li>591 test purchase operations were carried out in retail premises. Of these, there were 469 passes. 122 resulted in the retail outlet failing the test purchase</li><li>1212 stop and searches were carried out and 615 arrests made. Overall, 4104 weapons were seized</li><li>918 weapon sweeps were conducted</li><li>3660 knives were surrendered or recovered</li><li>More than 600 education events were held to raise awareness of the dangers of carrying knives.</li></ul> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/09/2018 18:49:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947076

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Youth Violence Commission’s Interim Report, published in July, that current approaches to reducing knife crime are ineffective and the focus should be to tackle the root causes of serious violence.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL9766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>The Government has noted the findings of the Youth Violence Commission’s Interim Report published on 18 July.</p><p>On 9 April 2018, the Government published the Serious Violence Strategy to set out the action it is taking to address serious violence, and in particular, the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide.</p><p>The strategy represents a step change in the way we think and respond to serious violence. Our approach is not solely focused on law enforcement, very important as that is, but depends also on multi-partnership working and a ‘public health’ approach across a number of sectors such as education, health, social services, housing, youth services, victim services and others.</p><p>In particular, the strategy stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes of serious violence and provide young people with the skills and resilience to lead productive lives free from violence.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/08/2018 15:32:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

931495

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost is of treating knife crime victims in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	157639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the costs of treating victims of knife crime.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/07/2018 11:35:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

919258

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May to Question 141740, on Knives: crime, how many of the custodial sentences referred to were (a) immediate custodial sentences and (b) suspended sentences.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	151123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2018 to Question 141740, the number of a) immediate custodial sentences and b) suspended sentences handed down by the courts in England and Wales in 2017, broken down by the selected offences of possession of an article with a blade or point, or threatening with an article with a blade or point, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/06/2018 13:45:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ151123 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies