§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many(a) handguns, (b) semi-automatic weapons and (c) automatic weapons were imported into the United Kingdom for non-military activity for each year since 1985; and if he will make a statement. [21713]
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§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 19 March 1996]: The information is not available because the system of classification under which United Kingdom trade is recorded does not separately identify handguns, semi-automatic and automatic weapons.
The total figures are given:
UK Imports of Non-MilitaryArms Year Number Year £000 1985 192,605 12.578 1986 192,001 16,093 1987 182,203 16,438 1988 179,696 13,584 1989 178,153 14,986 1990 167,799 14,504 1991 167,796 13,081 1992 184,161 11,753 1993 R 12,657 1994 R 13,845 1995 R 15,599 Notes:
1. Non-Military arms are defined by heading 894.6 of the Standard International Trade Classification (Revision 2) for 1985–1987, and heading 891.3 of SITC (REV 3) for 1988–1995.
R = Restricted due to commercial confidentiality.
Source:
Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.