Knives: Crime
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle knife crime in late night venues.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
This Government is taking action to prevent knife crime across the country. Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s mission to take back our streets. We are taking steps to realise this ambition and ensure all our community venues are kept safe. For example, we have banned Zombie style knives and zombie style machetes. The manufacture, supply, sale and possession of zombie-style knives and machetes was outlawed on 24 September 2024.
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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