§ Mr. Fordasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the number of shotgun certificates held in the Metropolitan Police district at the end of each of the years 1968 to 1979; and if for future years he will require the Commissioner to include such information in his annual report.
§ Mr. BrittanStatistics of the number of shotgun certificates in force were not recorded centrally by the Metropolitan Police prior to 1975. The figures since then are as follows:
Shotgun certificates in force at the end of each year 1975 30,531 1976 31,353 1977 31,850 1978 32,308 1979 30,259 Figures for 1980 and subsequent years will be published in the Commissioner's annual report.