§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report to show so far as the information is available to him the number of rounds of each calibre of ammunition surrendered to the police during the recent firearms amnesty and indicate whether it was (a) rifle, (b) shotgun, (c) pistol or revolver, (d) other firearms, or (e) air or gas powered weapons ammunition.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggInformation as to the calibre of rounds of ammunition surrendered during the recent firearms amnesty in England and Wales is not available. Details of the type of ammunition surrendered is as follows:
Rounds Prohibited ammunition 390 Bulletted ammunition 1,165,934 Shot gun ammunition 167,212 Other ammunition 119,171 Total 1,511,000 The total includes estimates for two police forces.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report to detail so far as the information is available to him the number of firearms surrendered to the police in each of the following categories during the recent amnesty (a) self-loading rifles, (b) bolt action rifles, (c) pump action rifles, (d) under lever action rifles, (e) single shot rifles, (f) double rifles, (g) other types of rifle, (h) revolvers, (i) self-loading pistols, (j) single shot pistols, (k) other types of hand guns, (l) shotguns, (m) combination shotgun/rifles, (n) antique firearms by type and (o) air and gas-powered weapons, and indicate for each of the above how many were in useable condition, and for how many of the above firearms in each group ammunition is currently available; and what his estimate is of the market value of each class of firearms surrendered.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggA breakdown by type of firearms surrendered in England and Wales during the recent amnesty is as follows:
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Firearms Number Number Fully automatic weapons 178 Self-loading rifles 315 Manual operation rifles 4,856 All rifles 5,171 Pistols and revolvers 18,005
Firearms Number Number Total firearms 23,354 Shotguns Traditional long-barrelled shotguns 10,601 Other long-barrelled shotguns 171 All long-barrelled shotguns 10,772 Traditional short-barrelled shotguns 404 Other Short-barrelled shotguns 78 All short-barrelled shotguns 482 Total shotguns 11,254 Other firearms Prohibited firearms 69 Air rifles and air pistols 6,126 Other firearms (including imitations) 1,922 Total other firearms 8,117 Total firearms and shotguns 42,725 The other information requested is not available.