Written Question·Home Office·UIN 99709

Serious Violence Reduction Orders

Tabled: 15 December 2025

Answered: 9 January 2026

Question

Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 70321 on Stop and Search: West Midlands, when she will publish the evaluation of the Serious Violence Reduction Orders pilot.

Answer

Sarah Jones

Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) were piloted for two years throughout Merseyside, Sussex, Thames Valley and West Midlands police force areas. The pilot took place between 19 April 2023 and 18 April 2025.The pilot has been independently evaluated...

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