PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Knives: Crime Prevention (19 February 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of knife arches operated by the police in ensuring safe night-time economies.
Asked by:
Wendy Morton (Conservative)
Asked by:
Wendy Morton (Conservative)
Answer
The Home Office has not conducted any recent assessments of the effectiveness of knife arches operated by the police. Whether or how to deploy knife arches remains a decision for police forces to take at a local level.
Answered by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
27 February 2024
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