To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he plans to take to curb the increase in violent crimes.

Measures to prevent these offences include tougher maximum penalties for violent offences; increases in police manpower; targeting of high crime areas by police; measures to deal with alcohol-related disorder; education, research and crime prevention. Further measures, including new action to tackle domestic violence, are being taken forward by the ministerial groups on crime prevention and women's issues.