Knives: Crime
Commons · Question 25223 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on steps to help tackle knife crime in the devolved nations.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 29 Jan 2025
Halving knife crime is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.Policing and justice in Northern Ireland, apart from national security, is a devolved matter but the Home Office works with a wide range of partners to ...