§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give details of the total revenue received from gun licence fees, together with the cost of administration and profit or loss, for 1980 and 1983.
§ Mr. HurdThis information is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Returns submitted annually by police forces cover the number of firearm and shotgun certificates held but not560W details of certificates granted or renewed or of variations inmposed, all of which affect the value of fees collected by a force.