Written Question·Home Office·UIN 67667
Stop and Search: West Midlands
Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Question
Bradley Thomas
Conservative — Bromsgrove
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase the use of stop and search to tackle knife crime in the West Midlands.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonHalving knife crime over the next decade is a central objective of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission and we are taking decisive action to achieve it.Stop and search is an important tool for tackling knife crime. Police officers have the power to stop...
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