§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by category of firearm the most recent figures available for 1983 of the number of firearms licences issued and the total number of firearms licensed in each category.
§ Mr. HurdInformation on the number of firearm and shotgun certificates held is collected annually and relates to the position as at 31 December each year. Figures for 221W 1983 are accordingly not yet available. The latest information is set out in the answer which I gave my hon. Friend on 7 July this year.—[Vol. 45, c. 142.]