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Commons · Question 9391 · 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 she has made of the potential impact of changes to funding for (a) Violence Reduction Units, (b) the Serious Violence Duty, (c) Regional Organised Crime Units, (d) hotspot policing gra

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 ...