§ 24. Mr. HallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many .22 repeating hand guns are legally held in the United Kingdom. [941]
§ Miss WiddecombeExact figures are not available centrally. The total number of .22 handguns, both repeating and single shot, which are legally held by private individuals on firearm certificate in Great Britain is in the order of 40,000 and others are legally owned by firearms dealers.