§ Mr. Norman Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state the number of armed robberies committed in England and Wales for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesNumbers of robberies recorded each year by the police in England and Wales in which firearms were reported to have been used or carried were published in tables 3.1 and 3.8 of "Criminal Statistics England and Wales 1977" (Cmnd. 7289). Numbers of robberies involving other arms are not available.