§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide figures giving the number of offences in the most recent year for which figures are available in connection with the use of firearms; and how they compare with figures for the past five years.
§ Mr. HurdFigures relating to the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police in which firearms were reported to have been used may be found for the most recent year available, 1982, and for the past five years, in table 3.1 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1982" (Cmnd. 9048), a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now consider reviewing the level of licence fees for firearms.