The Serious Violence Duty, led by the Home Office and Welsh Government, requires local responsible authorities to collaborate on violence prevention and reduction strategies. The government has published statutory guidance for implementation, with consultation responses and draft guidance for responsible authorities. The duty applies across England and Wales, requiring multi-agency coordination on serious violence reduction.
Voluntary agreement with major retailers on a set of principles to prevent the underage sale of knives in their stores and through their websites.
Voluntary agreement with major retailers on a set of principles to prevent the underage sale of knives in their stores and through their websites.
In response to: Serious Violence Duty
In response to: Serious Violence Duty
In response to: Serious Violence Duty
In response to: Serious Violence Duty
In response to: Serious Violence Duty
In response to: Serious Violence Duty
This consultation seeks views on the draft statutory guidance on the Serious Violence Duty, which will be issued by the Secretary of State under section 19 of the PCSC Act 2022.
UIN: HCWS463 On Friday 16 December 2022, my Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Sharpe of Epsom) made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Act received Royal Assent on 28 …
UIN: HLWS448 The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Act received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022 and it includes provisions for the Serious Violence Duty. The Duty requires, specified authorities, namely police, fire and rescue services, health, local authoriti...
In response to: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: factsheets
In response to: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: factsheets
This consultation seeks views on the draft statutory guidance on the Serious Violence Duty, which will be issued by the Secretary of State under section 19 of the PCSC Act 2022.
This consultation seeks views on the draft statutory guidance on the Serious Violence Duty, which will be issued by the Secretary of State under section 19 of the PCSC Act 2022.
UIN: HCWS86 The Government is today announcing the publication of a consultation on the draft statutory guidance on the Serious Violence Duty (the Duty) which will be issued by the Secretary of State as statutory guidance under Chapter 1 of …
UIN: HLWS87 My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime and Policing (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Government is today announcing the publication of a consultation on the draft statutory guidance on the …
In response to: Serious violence: new legal duty to support multi-agency action
In response to: Serious violence: new legal duty to support multi-agency action
In response to: Serious violence: new legal duty to support multi-agency action
In response to: Serious violence: new legal duty to support multi-agency action
In response to: Serious violence: new legal duty to support multi-agency action
In response to: Serious violence: new legal duty to support multi-agency action
We are seeking views on options to support a multi-agency approach to preventing and tackling serious violence.
In response to: Serious Violence Reduction Orders
A consultation on a new court order to target known knife and offensive weapon carriers.
A consultation on a new court order to target known knife and offensive weapon carriers.
A consultation on a new court order to target known knife and offensive weapon carriers.
UIN: HCWS450 Every knife crime is a tragedy, and any victim is one too many. The Government is taking action on every level to cut crime and make our streets safer, but we know there is much more to do …
UIN: HLWS445 My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Every knife crime is a tragedy, and any victim is one too many. The Government …
We are seeking views on options to support a multi-agency approach to preventing and tackling serious violence.
We are seeking views on options to support a multi-agency approach to preventing and tackling serious violence.
The Serious Violence Strategy sets out the government’s response to serious violence and recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide.
A Bill to increase the minimum custodial sentence on conviction for possession of a knife or other offensive weapon for an offender aged 18 years or over and to increase the minimum period of detentio
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to figure 2 of the Serious Violence Strategy, published in April 2018, if he will publish the figures for (a) homicide, (b) firearms offences and (c) knife crime …
A Bill to increase the minimum custodial sentence on conviction for possession of a knife or other offensive weapon for an offender aged 18 years or over and to increase the minimum period of a detent