Knives: Crime
Commons · Question 100930 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to expand the use of stop-and-search powers in areas with persistently high levels of knife crime.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 9 Jan 2026
Stop and search is an important power that helps the police to get knives off our streets and save lives.Police have powers to search any individual or vehicle where there are reasonable grounds to suspect they will find offensive weapons. Where serious v...