Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Friday, 20 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 February 2009. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 March 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.
Offensive Weapons: Convictions
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2056W, on the Tackling Knives Action Programme, how many convictions for possession of a knife were recorded in each of the 10 Tackling Knives Action Programme areas between June and November in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The information requested is shown in the following table.Figures for individual TKAP areas are not provided, on the advice of statisticians, because the numbers are small for some areas and this means that changes over time for an area can be volatile.
Offences involving the possession of a knife or offensive weapon resulting in a sentence in TKAP areas as recorded on the police national computer, June to November, 2004-08 Number of offences 2004 5,016 2005 4,883 2006 4,859 2007 4,701 2008 5,516 The figures for the most recent period are likely to be revised as more information is recorded by the police.
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- 489 c468W;489 c470W; 258717
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- 2008-09
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- Subjects
- Convictions Offensive weapons
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