§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were killed or injured in crimes involving firearms in each police authority for each year since 1979.
§ Mr JackThe number of notifiable offences recorded by the police in which firearms were reported to have caused death or injury is shown by policy force in the table. Information for the years prior to 1985 is available only at disproportionate cost.
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1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Force Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured West Yorkshire 1 167 3 110 2 141 — 104 1 108 3 108 — 97 Wiltshire — 13 — 8 1 15 — 7 2 4 1 1 1 2 Dyfed Powys 2 11 — 8 — 16 — 14 — 11 3 11 1 19 Gwent — 27 — 17 1 14 — 24 1 22 1 25 2 13 North Wales — 41 — 28 — 31 2 20 — 28 — 22 — 32 South Wales — 74 — 52 1 41 — 45 4 26 — 54 — 41 TOTAL 45 2,819 51 2,168 77 2,126 36 2,004 45 2,119 60 2,092 55 2,077