SP18
Response
Response Pending
Online knife retailer compliance with Knives Act
Recommendation
The Home Office should take immediate action to ensure that online knife retailers are complying with the Knives Act 1997, particularly regarding the marketing of knives, machetes, swords and similar bladed articles.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Sources
Based on tracking data in the inquiry database.
How was this evidence gathered?
Evidence searched by baseline-data-v1 on 26 May 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Response Pending
Response
Response PendingNo government response recorded.
Responsible Bodies
Home Office
Primary
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
0.1 yrs
Last formal update
No formal updates