Knives: Amnesties
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many surrender bins there were during the knife amnesty between 26 August 2024 and 23 September 2024.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
Between 26 August 2024 and 23 September 2024, the Government ran a surrender and compensation scheme to allow owners of zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes to surrender them and claim compensation before these weapons became prohibited by law on 24 September 2024.
All police force areas in England and Wales designated specific police stations where weapons could be surrendered, and a list of the designated police stations was published at:
This Government is working with its new Coalition to tackle knife crime on the design of future surrender and compensation schemes.
The scheme required those surrendering a weapon to attend a designated police station where a staff member or police officer would take control of the weapon, and if the person was claiming compensation, their details would be taken.
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