Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded incidents of knife crime have taken place (a) involving under 18 year olds and (b) in schools in each year since 2010.
Information on the number of selected offences involving knives or sharp instruments recorded by the police in England and Wales can be found in the Home Office Knife Crime Open Data Tables published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables While the Home Office collects data on the number of selected offences involving a knife or sharp instrument, it does not contain details on the age of those involved or whether the offence took place in a school.