Violence Reduction Units
Commons · Question 9390 · Tabled 12 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in funding for Violence Reduction Units and the Serious Violence Duty on levels of knife crime and youth violence.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 17 Jun 2026
We are committed to halving knife crime in a decade, and in April 2026 published a Plan to Halve Knife Crime. As part of this, the 26/27 Police Settlement included an allocation of over £66m for Serious Violence Reduction Programmes. This funding will be ...