Knives: Crime
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent knife crime in Aldershot constituency.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s mission to take back our streets. The Government is taking a range of steps to realise this ambition.
The government introduced a ban of zombie style knives and zombie style machetes. A surrender scheme was launched on 26 August to remove these knives from our streets. Following this, the manufacture, supply, sale and possession of zombie-style knives and machetes was outlawed on 24 September 2024. The government will soon so go further by publishing a consultation on the ban of lethal ninja swords.
We will also create a new Young Futures programme - intervening earlier to stop young people being drawn into crime. It is vital we have a system that can identify and support those young people who need it most and we will be introducing Prevention Partnerships and Young Futures Hubs to help deliver this.
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