Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases in adult courts of those being convicted of committing a second or subsequent knife offence resulted in the perpetrator receiving the mandatory six months imprisonment in each of the last three years.

Data on the number and proportion of cases of 16 and 17 year olds and adults being convicted of committing a second or subsequent knife offences who received a 4 months detention and training order and the mandatory six months imprisonment can be viewed in the attached table.