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Crimes of Violence

Commons · Question 9389 · Tabled 12 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 18 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential cumulative impact of reductions to (a) prevention funding, (b) victim services funding and (c) hotspot policing grants on levels of violent cri

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 18 Jun 2026

This government is committed to halving knife crime within a decade, and in April 2026 published a Plan to Halve Knife Crime. This included Home Office investment of over £130m in knife crime programmes including sustained funding of over £66 million for ...