Question follow-through · 12813
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the police have adequate resources to tackle knife crime in (a) Croydon East constituency and (b) other constituencies.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 14 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the police have adequate resources to tackle knife crime in (a) Croydon East constituency and (b) other constituencies.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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14 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary are personally committed to halving knife crime over the next decade. It is a key part of the Government’s mission to take back our streets.This Government is committed to ensuring that the police have the resourc...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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