HC Deb 23 May 1969 vol 784 c155W
Mr. Lubbock

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences involving the use or threatened use of shotguns and other firearms, respectively, were known to the police in England and Wales in each of the years 1964 to 1968, inclusive.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

Indictable offences known to the police numbered as follows in 1967 and 1968, the only years for which the information is available.

1967 1968
Shot guns used or presented 183 200
Short-barrelled or sawn-off shot guns used or presented 17 49
Other firearms used or presented 591 626