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Introduce mandatory (youth) knife crime awareness and safety lessons in schools

Submitted on Tuesday 4th February 2025

Rejected on Friday 16th May 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Introduce mandatory (youth) knife crime awareness and safety lessons in schools

Petition Details

we would like the Government and/or Parliment to pass legislation to make lessons about (youth) knife crime mandatory in English secondary schools as a part of the PSHE curriculum.

Additional Information

It is an extremely important and pressing issue that effects thousands of youths across the country annually, therefore change must be implemented to protect the more vulnerable members of our society and ensure their safety.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Require schools to teach students about knife crime as part of the curriculum
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/717674

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