§ Mr. Townsendasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for shotgun certificates were accepted and rejected in each of the last five years.
§ Dr. SummerskillI regret that information is not available in the form requested. There were 715,453 shotgun certificates in force in England and 585W Wales on 31st December 1971 and 766,952 on 31st December 1974.
§ Mr. Townsendasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are employed on considering applications for shotgun certificates: and what is the average length of time taken to process each application.
§ Dr. SummerskillPeople are not separately employed by police authorities to consider shotgun applications. The average time taken to process each application in each force could not be calculated without disproportionate effort.