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Knives: Sales

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 19 November 2025UIN 91136

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcement test purchases have taken place for underage knife sales in England (a) in person at premises and (b) online in each year since 2015.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office does not hold data by year since 2015 of the number of test purchases online and at premises by trading standards undertaken for underage knife sales.

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