HC Deb 20 April 1970 vol 800 c45W
Mr. Wright

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many indictable offences have been made known to the police for each year since 1964 in which firearms were involved; and of these, how many have involved shotguns or sawn-off shotguns.

Mr. Ross:

I regret that the informationis not available in that form.

1964 1965 1960 1967 1968 1969
January … … 1,964 (77) 2,063 (46) 2,090 (47) 2,243 (52) 2,218 (63) 2,410 (57)
February … … 2,081 (60) 2,043 (54) 2,199 (54) 2,158 (61) 2,372 (47) 2,075 (68)
March … … 2,138 (47) 2,469 (67) 2,405 (58) 2,644 (61) 2,490 (54) 2,265 (63)
April … … 2,395 (57) 2,551 (71) 2,586 (65) 2,453 (72) 2,254 (39) 2,397 (59)
May … … 2,778 (62) 2,722 (60) 2,893 (62) 2,708 (45) 2,443 (50) 2,639 (81)
June … … 2,422 (53) 2,776 (64) 2,790 (52) 2,569 (58) 2,616 (64) 2,567 (61)
July … … 2,695 (65) 3,068 (51) 2,991 (57) 3,074 (65) 2,929 (74) 2,769 (79)
August … … 3,101 (60) 3,120 (69) 2,971 (66) 2,820 (71) 2,914 (85) 2,722 (74)
September … … 2,952 (70) 2,846 (69) 3,027 (77) 3,082 (73) 2,724 (68) 2,819 (85)
October … … 2,803 (66) 2,775 (68) 2,763 (51) 2,771 (75) 2,738 (76) 2,748 (85)
November … … 2,593 (63) 2,665 (52) 2,599 (119) 2,519 (77) 2,383 (70) 2,841 (82)
December … … 2,605 (74) 2,729 (72) 2,966 (82) 2,719 (68) 2,568 (79) 2,804 (98)
30,527 (754) 31,827 (743) 32,280 (790) 31,760 (778) 30,649 (769) 31,056 (892)