United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 128761
Knives: Sales
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21 April 2026
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27 April 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to enforce age restrictions on the (a) online and (b) offline sale of knives to persons under the age of 18.
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21 April 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to enforce age restrictions on the (a) online and (b) offline sale of knives to persons under the age of 18.
Source: Commons
27 April 2026
Answer
On 7 April 2026 the Government published ‘Protecting Lives, Building Hope: A Plan to Halve Knife Crime’, which sets out how the Government is aiming to halve knife crime in the decade to 2034. We have been taking action in the Crime and Policing Bill, whi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-04-21/128761
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1901645
- uk · wq-1901645 · source updated 27 April 2026