United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 69385
Knives: Import Controls
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21 July 2025
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3 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to strengthen border and import-level screening to prevent the delivery of knives purchased from overseas retailers without age verification.
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21 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to strengthen border and import-level screening to prevent the delivery of knives purchased from overseas retailers without age verification.
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3 September 2025
Answer
Border Force utilise a suite of data analysis and detection capabilities to screen for illicit goods crossing the UK border.We are currently upgrading our x-ray detection capabilities and introducing a new scanning system that improves how our officers an...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-21/69385
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1825359
- uk · wq-1825359 · source updated 3 September 2025