§ Earl Peelasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their current estimate of the cost of establishing and running a Firearms Control Board and what is the basis on which this estimate is calculated.
§ Baroness BlatchA 1994 Report of a study into the feasibility of establishing a Firearms Control Board indicated start-up costs would be about £4.1 million, with an annual running cost in excess of £10 million. A copy of the report was placed in the Library. No more recent estimate has been made.