Offensive Weapons: Milton Keynes

Mr. Lancaster
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of knife crime were reported in Milton Keynes in each year between 1997 and 2007.

Mr. Coaker
The requested information is not yet available. Data on knife-enabled grievous bodily harm and robbery offences have been collected centrally since April 2007. Figures for 2007-08 will be published in July 2008 in the next annual ‘Crime in England and Wales’ volume. It will, however, be possible to provide breakdowns only at police force area level.