Written Question·Home Office·UIN 91136

Knives: Sales

Tabled: 14 November 2025

Answered: 19 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcement test purchases have taken place for underage knife sales in England (a) in person at premises and (b) online in each year since 2015.

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Home Office does not hold data by year since 2015 of the number of test purchases online and at premises by trading standards undertaken for underage knife sales.