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Meeting of the Parliament 06 January 2016

06 Jan 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Knife Crime (West Scotland)
Justice and the Law Officers
Wheelhouse, Paul SNP South Scotland Watch on SPTV

We are working with various partners to tackle knife crime, including YouthLink Scotland, which supports local authorities to deliver the no knives, better lives programme. That programme encourages young people away from carrying knives and builds their capacity and potential to make positive life choices for themselves and their families.

Violent crime is at its lowest level for 41 years and, since 2006-07, crimes for handling offensive weapons, including knives, have fallen by 67 per cent nationally. The number of crimes of handling offensive weapons, which includes knife crimes, recorded in the seven local authorities that are wholly or partially within the West Scotland region has decreased by 73 per cent since 2006-07.

In the same item of business

6. Stewart Maxwell (West Scotland) (SNP) SNP
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to tackle knife crime in the West Scotland region. (S4O-05209)
The Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs (Paul Wheelhouse) SNP
We are working with various partners to tackle knife crime, including YouthLink Scotland, which supports local authorities to deliver the no knives, better l...
Stewart Maxwell SNP
I welcome the progress that has been made so far in West Scotland. East Renfrewshire, for example, now has one of the lowest rates of recorded knife crime in...
Paul Wheelhouse SNP
Absolutely. On the latter point, I reassure the member that we will not let up our efforts to tackle knife crime. We have consistently said that the best wa...
Annabel Goldie (West Scotland) (Con) Con
Given the fact that the Scottish Government’s data confirms a continuing reliance by judges on short and medium-term sentences for persons who are convicted ...
Paul Wheelhouse SNP
I am happy to confirm to Ms Goldie that those sentences will still be available. In the measures against short sentences, we are considering where it is appr...