§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 November 1992,Official Report, columns 104–5, if he will update the table for women homicide victims involving shotguns.
Offences currently recorded as homicide in which the victim was female and a relationship between the suspect and victim was domestic and where a shotgun was used—England and Wales Police force area 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Avon and Somerset — 1 — — — 1 — Bedfordshire 1 — — — — — — Cambridgeshire — — — — — — 1 Cheshire — 1 — — — 1 1 Cleveland — — — — — — — Cumbria — — 1 — — — — Derbyshire — — 1 — — — — Devon and Cornwall — 4 — 1 — — — Dorset — — — 1 1 1 — Durham 1 — 1 — — 1 — Essex — — 1 — — — — Gloucestershire — 1 — — — — — Greater Manchester — — — — — — 1 Hampshire 2 — — — — — 1 Hertfordshire — — — — — — — Humberside — — — — 2 — — Kent — 1 1 — — — 1 Lancashire — — — — — — — Leicestershire — — — 1 — — — Lincolnshire — — 1 — — — — London, City of — — — — — — — Merseyside — — — — — — — Metropolitan 1 — 1 1 — — — Norfolk 2 1 — — — — — Northamptonshire — — — — — — — Northumbria 1 — — — — — — North Yorkshire — — — — — 1 — Nottinghamshire 1 — — — — — — South Yorkshire — — 1 — — 1 — Staffordshire — — — — 1 — — Suffolk 1 1 — 1 — 1 — Surrey — — — 1 — — — Sussex — — 1 1 1 — — Thames Valley — — — — 1 — — Warwickshire — — 1 — — — — West Mercia — 1 — — 1 1 1 West Midlands — 1 — — — — — West Yorkshire — 1 — — — 1 — Wiltshire — — — — 1 — 1 Dyfed-Powys — — — — 1 1 — Gwent — — — — — 1 2 North Wales — — — 1 — — — South Wales — — — 1 — — — England and Wales 10 13 10 10 9 11 9 Notes:
1. Offences currently recorded as homicide as at 14 September 1992.
2. The term "domestic" includes the following relationships of victim to suspect: son or daughter; parent; spouse; cohabitant or former spouse or cohabitant; other family; lover or former lover including spouse's lover or lover's spouse or other associate.
Information for 1992 is not yet available.