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Knives: Crime Prevention

Commons · Question 99779 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 23 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Julian Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in the police on reducing knife crime.

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 23 Dec 2025

Home Office Ministers meet regularly with Chief Constables and other senior policing leaders to discuss knife crime. For example, the Home Secretary discussed knife crime at the National Policing Board in July 2025 and the Policing Minister chaired the Kn...