Written Question·Home Office·UIN 100931
Knives: Crime
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 9 January 2026
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to expand the use of stop-and-search powers in areas with persistently high levels of knife crime.
Answer
Sarah JonesStop and search is an important power that helps the police to get knives off our streets and save lives.Police have powers to search any individual or vehicle where there are reasonable grounds to suspect they will find offensive weapons. Where serious v...
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