Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 53956
Knives: Crime
Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 2 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour — Slough
To ask the Solicitor General, what recent steps she has taken to help increase prosecution rates for knife crime.
Answer
Lucy RigbyThis Government is committed to halving knife crime in the next decade as set out in our Safer Streets Mission.The number of cases that the CPS prosecuted for possession of a knife under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and Prevention of Crime Act 1953 has r...
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