Speaking in a House of Commons debate on youth violence, Vicky Foxcroft, Labour MP for Lewisham Deptford, said that evidence given to the Youth Violence Commission shows that knife attacks are most common on weekdays in the period after school finishes and before parents come home from work.
Foxcroft, who chairs the cross-party commission, is urging ministers to consider boosting support for after-school youth work as a way of keeping young people safe following a recent rise in violent crime.
In addition, she wants the government to publish official data showing the times when knife attacks are most likely, to help better plan efforts to tackle youth violence.
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