§ Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes involving the use of replica firearms have been committed in each police authority area in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. JackFigures for offences involving imitation firearms in England and Wales are set out in the table. These figures include replica firearms and all other types of imitation firearms, including toys.
Figures for Scotland are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and figures for Northern Ireland are a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police in which imitation firearms were reported to have been used in England and Wales Police force 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Avon and Somerset — 4 1 9 7 Bedfordshire 2 3 7 3 5 Cambridgeshire 2 1 4 10 5 Cheshire — 2 3 8 13 Cleveland 1 — 1 — 1 Cumbria — 2 2 6 5 Derbyshire 3 4 2 4 5 Devon and Cornwall 7 4 9 4 8 Dorset 1 1 5 2 2 Durham 1 3 — 1 6 Essex 5 16 7 12 11 Gloucestershire — — — — 3 Greater Manchester 13 20 21 22 22 Hampshire 12 7 17 19 21 Hertfordshire 3 2 5 2 7
Police force 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Humberside 6 6 9 — 14 Kent 10 12 11 8 7 Lancashire 4 — — 7 9 Leicestershire 9 4 10 11 11 Lincolnshire 1 — — — — London, City of 6 1 5 1 1 Merseyside 13 17 12 23 10 Metropolitan 95 87 107 108 112 Norfolk 2 2 2 1 1 Northamptonshire 3 2 1 1 4 Northumbria 5 4 9 17 21 North Yorkshire 1 — 2 2 3 Nottinghamshire 7 5 5 8 10 South Yorkshire 4 6 11 10 17 Staffordshire 1 2 2 3 2 Suffolk 3 5 2 2 7 Surrey 2 3 4 4 2 Sussex 9 8 12 18 17 Thames Valley 6 13 14 28 28 Warwickshire — 4 2 1 3 West Mercia 4 3 4 2 2 West Midlands 19 23 27 25 41 West Yorkshire 13 13 15 13 15 Wiltshire — — 2 3 — Dyfed Powys 1 1 1 1 2 Gwent 2 — 3 11 1 North Wales — 2 6 3 11 South Wales 1 3 3 7 9 England and Wales 277 295 365 420 481