Question follow-through · 25223
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on steps to help tackle knife crime in the devolved nations.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on steps to help tackle knife crime in the devolved nations.
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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29 Jan 2025
Answer published
Halving knife crime is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.Policing and justice in Northern Ireland, apart from national security, is a devolved matter but the Home Office works with a wide range of partners to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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