Firearms (Hansard, 28 June 1994)

§ Mrs. Helen Jackson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes involving the use of firearms were committed in each of the past five years.

§ Mr. Maclean
Figures of notifiable offences recorded by the police in which firearms were reported to have been used are published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", copies of which can be found in the Library—latest edition, 1992, Cm 2410, table 3.1.
Figures for 1993 are not yet available.

§ Mrs. Helen Jackson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the number of firearms held on certificate(a) at present and (b) one year ago.

§ Mr. Maclean
Estimates of the number of firearms held on certificate are published in paragraph 4 of Home Office statistical bulletins "Firearm Certificates Statistics, England and Wales". Copies for 1991 and 1992 can be found in the Library.
Figures for 1993 are not yet available.