HC Deb 22 March 1978 vol 946 c580W
Mr. Wm. Ross

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing over the last 10 years the number of times firearms were used in each year in armed robberies in London; the types of firearms used in each year under the headings of shotguns, sawn off shotguns, handguns, rifles, sub-machine guns, guns which discharged gas or noxious liquid, air or gas-powered weapons and other weapons of unidentified types.

Dr. Summerskill

The information readily available is as follows:

annual salary bill is approximately £1.9 million. The estimated value of sales by the United Kingdom in 1976–77 was £600 million.