Mr. Fanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list in the Official Report details of the number, by types, of shotguns confiscated by the police authorities in England and Wales, in the pursuit of crime during the years 1968 to 1977;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report details of the number, by types, of firearms confiscated by the police authorities in England and Wales, from persons apprehended in the pursuit of crime during the years 1968 to 1977.
§ Dr. SummerskillInformation about the number of weapons seized by the police under section 52 of the Firearms Act 1968 is not available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
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§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of appeals against a decision of a chief officer of police to refuse the grant or renewal of a firearms certificate, shotgun certificate, or a dealer's registration, heard in the crown courts and courts of quarter sessions, by circuit, for the years 1969 to 1977;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of appeals upheld by the Crown courts and courts of quarter sessions by circuits, for the years 1969 to 1977, of decisions by chief officers of police to refuse to grant or renew firearms certificates, shotgun certificates, or dealer's registrations.
§ Dr. SummerskillInformation about such appeals is not collected centrally and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the number of appeals heard in courts of summary jurisdiction against decisions by chief officers of police refusal to grant or renew a firearms certificate or a dealer's registration; and how many appeals were upheld by the courts for the years 1921 to 1936.
§ Dr. SummerskillThis information is not available.