Written Question·Home Office·UIN 54420

Knives: Crime

Tabled: 22 May 2025

Answered: 4 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Josh Newbury

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of mandating blunt-tipped kitchen knives for domestic use on rates of knife crime.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The Government’s mission to halve knife crime over a decade will be delivered through tougher enforcement and stronger prevention. However, we have been clear nothing is off the table when it comes to getting lethal blades off our streets and keeping peop...

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