Serious Violence Reduction Orders
Commons · Question 99709 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 70321 on Stop and Search: West Midlands, when she will publish the evaluation of the Serious Violence Reduction Orders pilot.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 9 Jan 2026
Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) were piloted for two years throughout Merseyside, Sussex, Thames Valley and West Midlands police force areas. The pilot took place between 19 April 2023 and 18 April 2025.The pilot has been independently evaluated...