Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recorded knife crime offences were disposed of with a conviction in each of the last five years.

This information is not collated centrally.

We cannot determine from the data we hold on prosecutions whether offences, such as assault and murder, involved a weapon. However, data on offenders who are convicted or cautioned for the possession of a knife or threatening with a knife can be found online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly