§ Mr. BellinghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many and which notifiable offences involving firearms have been committed by licensed possessors of shotguns;
565W(2) how many and which notifiable offences involving firearms have been committed in which licensed pistols have been used;
(3) how many and which notifiable offences involving firearms have been committed in which licensed rifles have been used.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe police do not report to the Home Office whether or not firearms used in crime are held legally. The available information is published annually in table 3.6 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", and most recently in the issue for 1987, Cm 498; corresponding information for 1988 will be published in the autumn.