Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 33137

Knives: Sales

Tabled: 24 February 2025

Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase sentences for individuals that sell knives to (a) teenagers and (b) young people.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

While it is the function of the independent judiciary to decide the sentence in individual cases, subject to the maximum sentence available and sentencing guidelines, tackling knife crime is a priority and the Government is determined to halve knife crime...

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