HC Deb 18 December 1980 vol 996 c257W
22. Mr. Newens

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many shotgun licences were issued during the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Brittan

Statistics on the number of firearm and shotgun certificates issued each year are not collected centrally; but on 31 December 1979, 169,590 firearm certificates and 783,069 shotgun certificates were in force in England and Wales.