§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many armed robberies have been committed in(a) England and Wales and (b) Greater London in each of the last three years. [43018]
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§ Mr. DenhamThe number of robberies using firearms is given in the table:
Number of robberies using firearms (including air weapons) Year (ending March) England and Wales Greater London1 1998–99 2,973 1,138 1999–2000 3,922 1,695 2000–01 4,081 1,424 1 Metropolitan Police and City of London police force areas. There was a boundary change on 1 April 2000 in which parts of the Metropolitan Police area were transferred to Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey, so that these police force areas followed county boundaries thereafter.