HL Deb 03 June 1997 vol 580 c27WA
Earl Attlee

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether records will continue to be maintained of compensation or ex gratia payments made under the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 and any other firearms legislation which may be enacted this Session; and, if so, whether those records will differentiate between payments made to dealers and those made to individuals and wether they will include the following categories: (a) large calibre pistols; (b) large calibre pistol ancillary equipment (which includes ammunition); (c) small calibre pistols; and (d) small calibre pistol ancillary equipment (which includes ammunition).

Lord Williams of Mostyn

Records will be maintained of payments made in relation to the surrender of prohibited weapons, expanding ammunition and ancillary equipment under any scheme operated under the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 or as a result of new legislation that may extend the ban on handguns to small-calibre pistols. Such records will differentiate between payments made to dealers and those made to individuals and will include the following categories:

  1. (i) large calibre pistols;
  2. (ii) expanding ammunition;
  3. (iii) small calibre pistols; and
  4. (iv) ancillary equipment.