Question follow-through · 92138
Schools: Offensive Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many knives and other weapons were confiscated in schools in England in the most recent year for which data is available.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many knives and other weapons were confiscated in schools in England in the most recent year for which data is available.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2025
Answer published
Every child must be safe and the government is committed to making schools safer places for every child by tackling the root cause of serious violence.The department does not hold data on the number of knives and other weapons confiscated in schools in En...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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