Question follow-through · 33138
Offensive Weapons: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with (a) local authorities and (b) business across Greater Manchester on steps to tackle the sale of (a) knives and (b) other offensive weapons to (i) teenagers and (ii
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with (a) local authorities and (b) business across Greater Manchester on steps to tackle the sale of (a) knives and (b) other offensive weapons to (i) teenagers and (ii
26 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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4 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government has set out an unprecedented mission to halve knife crime in a decade and we are already taking a range of steps to make our communities a safer place for our young people.We know that more needs to be done to tackle the sale of knives and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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