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Written question asked by Lord Risby (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 June 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 9 June 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.


Offensive Weapons: Suffolk

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of knife crime were reported in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
Answer

It is not possible to identify those offences that are knife-related from the data centrally collected on overall recorded crime. However, since April 2007, police forces have been providing separate aggregate data on serious violence involving knives. Home Office statisticians will assess the quality of these data and it is planned that figures for 2007-08 will be published in the main crime bulletin in July 2008.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
477 c78W; 209387
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Offensive weapons Suffolk
Link
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