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Schools: Knives

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded schools in England have a knife arch installed, broken down by region.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
20 Jan 2026
Answer
28 Jan 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded schools in England have a knife arch installed, broken down by region.

  2. 20 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The department does not hold data on how many schools in England have installed a knife arch.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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