§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will obtain the most recent statistics for 1983 to date from each police force as to the number of occasions in each force when firearms were (a) used or (b) drawn (i) in cases of crime and (ii) in other cases.
§ Mr. HurdThe figures for the number of occasions on which firearms were drawn from holsters are not held centrally. The other figures are collated annually. The figures for 1983 will be available by about the end of February 1984.