Written Question·Home Office·UIN 58448

Knives: Sales

Tabled: 9 June 2025

Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Tristan Osborne

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for introducing legislation to prohibit the sale of sharp-pointed kitchen and utility knives for domestic use; and what steps she is taking to ensure that large online ret

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The Government’s mission to halve knife crime over a decade will be delivered through tougher enforcement and stronger prevention, and we are actively considering a range of options to achieve those goals, further details of which will be set out in the n...

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