Asked by: Wendy Morton (Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of knife arches operated by the police in ensuring safe night-time economies.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office has not conducted any recent assessments of the effectiveness of knife arches operated by the police. Whether or how to deploy knife arches remains a decision for police forces to take at a local level.
Asked by: Wendy Morton (Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions his Department has had with local police forces on the use of bleed control kits.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The use of bleed control kits is determined at the local level and the Home Office has not held discussions with police forces on their use.