§ Mr. Macfarlaneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for firearm offences in 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 involved the use of a shotgun.
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§ Dr. SummerskillI regret that information is not available in the form requested. The numbers of offences recorded as known to the police in England and Wales in which a shotgun, whether long-barrelled or sawn-off, was used are as follows:
1970 292 1971 384 1972 357 1973 416 These figures are on the same basis as those in Table 3 of the Statistical Appendix to the previous Government's Green Paper "The Control of Firearms in Great Britain", Cmnd. 5297.
§ Mr. Macfarlaneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the number of convictions for firearm offences in the first six months of 1974 will be available.
§ Dr. SummerskillStatistics for England and Wales of offences involving the use of firearms and of convictions under the Firearms Act 1968 are available only for complete years. Figures for 1974 are unlikely to be available until the autumn.