HC Deb 22 May 1992 vol 208 c316W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many shotgun certificates were on issue at 31 December in each year from 1985 in each police force area.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The number of shotgun certificates on issue at 31 December in each year from 1986 to 1990 are shown in table 4 of Home Office statistical bulletin numbers 2/88, 33/88, 18/89, 26/90 and 23/91. Copies of these bulletins are in the Library. Figures for 1985 are not readily available by police force area and those for 1991 are not yet available.