Firearms and Ammunition

HC Deb 01 March 1962 vol 654 cc171-2W

Mr. Speir

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the final total quantity of firearms and ammunition handed in at police stations in

Estimated net inward movement in January from	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962
West Indies	…	940	570	680	20	700	1,920	3,350
East African territories	…	70	30	-50	10	-40	Nil	120
West African territories	…	130	90	-30	40	-240	10	700
Cyprus	…	140	70	60	100	70	310	150
Gibraltar	…	Nil	30	-50	-30	-60	-70	-20
Malta	…	30	110	-40	-10	-150	-70	130
Aden	…	120	-10	30	20	20	Nil	-60
Hong Kong	…	40	60	-80	30	40	90	300
Malaya	…	50	100	210	190	-60	-70	40
Singapore	…	10	20	-50	-10	-30	Nil	100
India	…	460	630	400	430	80	570	2,040
Pakistan	…	-30	410	630	-110	-170	400	3,350
Ceylon	…	80	40	-50	10	-20	-140	140
Miscellaneous territories	…	30	20	-250	-100	-20	-10	460
		2,070	2,170	1,410	590	120	2,940	10,800
NOTES:
1. A minus sign denotes a net outward movement.
2. Figures are not available in respect of Canada, Australia, New Zealand or the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

Great Britain as a result of amnesty held between August and October, 1961.

Mr. R. A. Butler

Seventy thousand four hundred and eighty-six firearms and 2,322,061 rounds of ammunition.