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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1304809/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>This Government is determined to turn the tide on knife crime in all areas, wherever it occurs.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>On 4 February 2021, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £15.8 billion in 2021/22, an increase of up to £636 million compared to 2020/21. Across England and Wales, we are also recruiting 20,000 additional police officers by the end of March 2023.<\/p><p>From 2019 to 2022, this government will have provided over £242 million, through the Serious Violence Fund (SVF), to address the drivers of serious violence at the local level and significantly bolster the police response in 18 Police Force areas most affected by serious violence across England and Wales.<\/p><p>We have also invested £200 million through the 10-Year Youth Endowment Fund to ensure those most at risk are given the opportunity to turn away from violence and lead positive lives.<\/p><p>We have also made it easier for the police to use enhanced stop and search powers and we have introduced Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill which will give the police powers to make it easier to\u202fstop and search\u202fthose already convicted of knife and offensive weapon offences.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Through the PCSC bill, we have also introduced legislation which will place new duties on a range of specified agencies across different sectors, such as local government, youth offending, and health and probation, to work collaboratively, share data and information, and put in place plans to prevent and reduce serious violence.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 includes specific measures for knife offences, in particular making it an offence to possess certain offensive weapons in private, and stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18. The measures on knives in the Act also include:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>changing the legal definition for threatening with an offensive weapon to make prosecutions more straightforward;<\/li><li>banning the possession of a knife on a further education premises;<\/li><li>updating the definition of a flick knife to reflect changing weapon designs;<\/li><li>introducing Knife Crime Prevention Orders (KCPOs) to help the police target those most at risk of being drawn into serious violence, to set them on a more positive path.<\/li><\/ul>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1285482/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office collects data from police forces on police recorded crime, broken down by Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership Area, including Harlow.<\/p><p>The latest data can be found here:<\/p><p><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>On the 4th February 2021, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £15.8 billion in 2021/22, an increase of up to £636 million compared to 2020/21. Overall police funding available to PCCs will increase by up to £703 million (5.4% in cash terms) next year.<\/p><p>Essex police\u2019s funding will be up to £339 million in 2021/22, an increase of up to £18.8 million. In 2020/21, they are receiving up to £320.2 million in funding.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1285129/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce by Police Force Area in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin.<\/p><p>Data are collected at Police Force Area level only, and lower levels of geography such as Harlow are not held by the Home Office.<\/p><p>The latest available data for the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) officers employed in each Police Force Area, covering the situation as at 30 September 2020, are available here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales<\/a><\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1180077/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>This Government is determined to turn the tide on knife crime in all areas, wherever it occurs. Across England and Wales, we are recruiting 20,000 more police officers over the next three years and increasing sentences for violent criminals. We have made it easier for the police to use enhanced stop and search powers and we will introduce a new court order to make it easier for the police to stop and search those who have been convicted of knife crime.<\/p><p>We will also ensure that anyone charged with knife possession will appear before magistrates within days and we are also making £10 million available to the police to equip more officers with tasers. In addition, we have legislated through the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 to give the police more powers and to ensure knives are less likely to make their way on to the streets and we will also be introducing the Serious Violence Bill to place a duty on the police, councils and health authorities to work together to prevent and tackle serious violence.<\/p><p>Over the last 12 months, we have increased police funding, by £1 billion this year and announced that the amount of funding available to the policing system in 2020 to 2021 will increase by more than £1.1 billion. We have also announced a targeted £25 million to tackle county lines drug gangs, given the links between drugs, county lines and serious violence and we have provided the £100 million Serious Violence Fund to provide support to the 18 police force areas most affected by serious violence. Of this, Essex Police has been allocated £1.76 million to pay for a surge in police operational activity, such as increased patrols in greater numbers for longer periods of times, as well as new equipment and technology, improved intelligence and targeting, and an enhanced investigative response.<\/p><p>A further £1.16m from the Fund was invested in developing Essex Police\u2019s Violence Reduction Unit.<\/p><p>On 29 December 2019 the Home Secretary announced a further £35 million to continue funding Violence Reduction Units. Essex Police have been allocated another £1.16m for 2020/21 to continue to tackle the root causes of serious violence.<\/p>"}
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