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Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands on tackling knife crime.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
18 Jul 2025
Target answer date
22 Jul 2025
Answer
28 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands on tackling knife crime.

  2. 22 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission and I have regular engagement with policing colleagues, including Police and Crime Commissioners, on how we can collectively achieve this ambition.During Knif...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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