Oral Question·Home Office
“If she will take steps to ensure that people entering the UK are screened for covid-19 symptoms.”
Tabled: 17 March 2020Answered: 23 March 2020
Asked by
Andrew Rosindell
Reform UK — Romford
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Shabana Mahmood)
Since the general election, knife crime is down by 11%, knife homicides are down by 25% and knife-enabled robberies are down by 18%. That is huge progress, but we must do more. That is why I recently launched crackdowns in more than 230 of the areas most affected by knife crime. We will be tough on knife crime, through increased patrols, but also tough on the causes of knife crime, by undertaking prevention work to prevent these crimes.