§ Mr. Woolmerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the total number of indictable offences connected with firearms in England and Wales in 1979 and the number and percentage of them that involved air weapons.
(2) what is the total number of fatal, serious or slight injuries caused by air weapons in England and Wales in 1979.
§ Mr. BrittanThe information requested will be published at the end of this month in Criminal Statistics, England and Wales. 1979. For information relating to the period 1969–78, I would refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave to questions by the hon. Member for Thornaby (Mr. Wrigglesworth) on 12 and 14 February 1980.—[Vol. 978, c.522; Vol. 978, c. 726.]