§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many serious offences in 1980 firearms, including air weapons, were known to be used; how many of these were (a) offences of violence against the person, (b) offences of criminal damage and (c) offences of robbery; and what was the average annual increase or decrease in these types of offences during the preceding nine years.
§ Mr. MayhewNumbers of serious offences recorded by the police in which firearms were reported to have been used in England and Wales in 1980 were published by type of offence in tables 3.1 and 3.4 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1980"—Cmnd 8376—which also includes commentary on changes over the period specified.