§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many firearms certificates are at present held by owners in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe latest available information relates to 31 December 1986 and is published in table 2 of the Home Office statistical bulletin, issue 2/88, "Statistics On The Operation Of The Firearms Act 1968", a copy of which is in the Library. Figures for the end of 1987 will be published in a similar bulletin later this year.