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Knives: Amnesties

Asked by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 4 November 2024UIN 11889

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of knives that were surrendered during the knife amnesty between 26 August 2024 and 23 September 2024.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

We will be shortly publishing the outcome of the surrender and compensationscheme for zombie style knives and machetes. This will include the numbers surrendered under the scheme.

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