§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 2 June,Official Report, column 412, on domestic shotgun incidents, how many of the victims were women.
§ Mr. JackThe information requested is given in the table. 105W
Domestic homicide offences involving female victims where a shotgun was used Year Police force area 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Avon and Somerset 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bedfordshire 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cheshire 0 1 0 0 0 1 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cumbria 0 0 1 0 0 0 Derbyshire 0 0 1 0 0 0 Devon and Cornwall 0 4 0 1 0 0 Dorset 0 0 0 1 1 1 Durham 1 0 1 0 0 1 Essex 0 0 1 0 0 0 Gloucestershire 0 1 0 0 0 0 Greater Manchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hampshire 2 0 0 0 0 0 Humberside 0 0 0 0 2 0 Kent 0 1 1 0 0 0 Lancashire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leicestershire 0 0 0 1 0 0 Lincolnshire 0 0 1 0 0 0 London, City of 0 0 0 0 0 0 Merseyside 0 0 0 0 0 0 Metropolitan 1 0 1 1 0 0 Norfolk 2 1 0 0 0 0 Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Northumbria 1 0 0 0 0 0 North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nottinghamshire 1 0 0 0 0 0 South Yorkshire 0 0 1 0 0 1 Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 1 0 Suffolk 1 1 0 1 0 1 Surrey 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sussex 0 0 1 1 1 0 Thames Valley 0 0 0 0 1 0 Warwickshire 0 0 1 0 0 0 West Mercia 0 1 0 1 1 1 West Midlands 0 1 0 0 0 1 West Yorkshire 0 1 0 0 0 1 Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 1 0 Dyfed-Powys 0 0 0 0 1 1 Gwent 0 0 0 0 0 1 North Wales 0 0 0 1 0 0 South Wales 0 0 0 1 0 0 England and Wales 10 13 10 10 9 11 Notes:
1. Offences currently recorded as homicide as at 1 September 1991.
2. The term "domestic" includes the following relationships of victim to suspect: daughter; parent; spouse; cohabitant or former spouse or cohabitant; other family; lover or former lover including spouse's lover or lover's spouse or other associate.