Knives: Sentencing

(asked on 26th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age is of people given a custodial sentence for carrying a knife.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 3rd July 2018

In the year ending March 2018, the average age of an offender being sent to immediate custody for possession of an article with a blade or point was 30 years old.

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