Written Question·Home Office·UIN 60107
Serious Violence Reduction Orders: Pilot Schemes
Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Patrick Hurley
Labour — Southport
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend the Serious Violence Reduction Orders pilot scheme; what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the scheme in Merseyside; and whether her Department has
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonSerious 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 final independent evaluation of the pi...
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