Violent Crime: Young People

Part of Home Department – in the House of Commons at on 21 October 2024.

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Photo of Yvette Cooper Yvette Cooper The Secretary of State for the Home Department

Police and crime commissioners have a crucial role to play as part of the mission to reduce serious violence, as do local authorities. The hon. Lady is right that local partnerships will best be able to target young people who are at greatest risk, and ensure that proper prevention programmes are in place. As we know, many of those services have been hollowed out over a long period, and it is important that we have partnership working to rebuild them. I hope that we can work cross-party on that—not just with police and crime commissioners but with MPs across the country.