Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Mayor of London about the reported 58.5 per cent increase in knife crime in London between 2021 and 2024.
The Home Office remains in regular contact with the Mayor of London across all knife crime issues.
The Mayor of London and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime were members of the Knife-Enabled Robbery (KER) Taskforce, chaired by the Policing Minister.