Select committee: Home Affairs Committee

Serious violence inquiry

Closed Opened 30 Apr 2018 Closed 30 Apr 2018

Home Affairs Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)

The Committee launched an inquiry into Serious violence following the publication of the Government’s Serious Violence Strategy in April 2018. The Committee assessed the effectiveness of the approach in combatting knife crime, gun crime and homicide.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 30 April 2018.

The committee has published 1 report, most recently 16th Report - Serious youth violence on 31 July 2019.

The government's response

Published 5 November 2019.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government says it has "carefully considered" the Committee's report and sets out existing and new action on serious violence, while declining some specific recommendations.

It is introducing a Serious Violence Bill to create a legal duty on specified agencies to plan and collaborate to prevent and reduce serious violence, with guidance "in due course".
On police funding, it commits to recruiting 20,000 additional officers over three years, with up to 6,000 by March 2021.
On a statutory Youth Service Guarantee, it says local authorities are "best placed to know what is required" locally, and points to £500 million for a Youth Investment Fund over five years.
It has "no plans for a further independent inquiry" into school exclusions, citing the Timpson Review, and on the Information Commissioner says there are "no current plans" for a new role.

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Reports

16th Report - Serious youth violence31 July 2019

All reports

Evidence

8 oral evidence sessionsLatest 8 May 2019

All evidence

Recent activity

Government response to Committee's Report on Serious youth violence5 November 2019, Report published
16th Report - Serious youth violence31 July 2019, Report published
Oral evidence session8 May 2019, Oral evidence

Reports

1 report

16th Report - Serious youth violence

HC No.: HC 1016
Published: 31 Jul 2019
Items: 0
Government response: Government response published 5 November 2019. Read the government's response ↗

Oral evidence sessions

8 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
8 May 2019	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗
30 Apr 2019	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗
2 Apr 2019	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗
26 Mar 2019	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗
19 Mar 2019	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗
12 Mar 2019	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗
29 Jan 2019	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗
16 Oct 2018	Oral evidence session No witnesses recorded	View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters

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Published	Direction	Letter
8 May 2019	To committee	Letter from the Home Secretary to the Chair regarding the Serious Violence Taskforce, 1 May 2019
8 May 2019	To committee	Letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary regarding the Serious Violence Taskforce, 23 April 2019