Written questions

Knives: Crime

Lords · Question HL4702 · Tabled 4 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 18 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce knife crime among young people.

Answer

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint, 18 Feb 2025

Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government's Safer Streets mission and we are taking a range of steps to realise this ambition and keep young people safe.We have already implemented the ban on zombie-style knives and zombie-s...