HC Deb 21 July 1966 vol 732 c121W
50. Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been taken under the Firearms Act, 1965.

Mr. Taverne

During 1965, 67 prosecutions were undertaken in England and Wales for offences under the Firearms Act, 1965.

Provisional figures for the first six months of this year show that offences under Sections 1 to 4 of the Act known to the police totalled 63.