Written Question·Home Office·UIN 99781

Knives: Sales

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Sir Julian Smith

ConservativeSkipton and Ripon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of phasing out the general sale of sharp-tipped culinary knives.

Answer

Mike Tapp
We recognise that the issue of knife crime and the harm caused by any knife has a very real impact on individuals, families and communities and we aim to halve knife crime in the next decade. The Government keeps the law in this area under constant review...

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