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	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

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	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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 offences involving a knife have been committed in (a) London and (b) Havering Borough in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	213264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/02/2019 16:17:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 213264 (2).pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell