§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many airguns are currently licensed. [7046]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 2 December 1996]: Higher-powered air weapons require a firearm certificate issued by the police. Information about how many are licensed is not recorded centrally and is not distinguished from other firearms in the total figure. Such information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.