§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the numbers of incidents in England and Wales in which firearms have been used by the police and show the numbers of deaths or injuries since 1970.
§ Mr. MayhewThe number of incidents in England and Wales in which firearms have been used by the police since 1970 is as follows:
Year Number of incidents Deaths/Injuries 1970 Nil — 1971 1 One injury 1972 2 One death and two injuries 1973* — — 1974 — One death 1975 3 One injury 1976 Nil — 1977 4 One death and one injury 1978 3 Two deaths 1979 3 One death * Precise details are not available for these years 528W
Applications for Special Vouchers received from United Kingdom passport holders by country Number of applications Country 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Kenya 1,589 1,934 1,157 672 711 624 Tanzania 317 639 665 270 240 287 Firearms have been used also on 208 occasions since 1970 to destroy animals.
The information for 1980 is not yet available.