Written Question·Home Office·UIN 69385
Knives: Import Controls
Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to strengthen border and import-level screening to prevent the delivery of knives purchased from overseas retailers without age verification.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonBorder Force utilise a suite of data analysis and detection capabilities to screen for illicit goods crossing the UK border.We are currently upgrading our x-ray detection capabilities and introducing a new scanning system that improves how our officers an...
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