Written Question·Home Office·UIN 19497

Crimes of Violence: Greater London

Tabled: 11 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce youth-related gang violence in London.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
To deliver our pledge to halve knife crime in the next decade, it is crucial that we tackle the gangs that lure children and young people into crime and run county lines through violence and exploitation.An estimated 14,000 children are identified as at r...

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