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Knives: Crime

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 14 January 2026UIN 103281

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people in prison for knife relate crime, broken down by age.

Answered by Jake Richards

Statistics of this nature could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.

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