HC Deb 07 July 1993 vol 228 cc138-41W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) suicides and (b) suicides of people under 16 years involved the use of (i) shotguns and (ii) other firearms in each year since 1979.

Mr. Sackville

The information is shown in the table.

Numbers of suicides involving firearms (ICD E955) in England and Wales from 1979 to 1992
Year Shotgun (E955.1) Handguns (E955.0) Hunting rifle (E955.2) Military firearm (E955.3) Other firearm (E955.4 ) Total (excluding shotguns) Total (including shotguns)
All ages Under 16s All ages Under 16s All ages Under 16s All ages Under 16s All ages Under16s All ages Under 16s All ages Under 16s
1979 72 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 114 0 186 3
1980 73 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 143 2 145 2 218 2
1981 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 1 132 1 187 1
1982 70 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 101 0 105 0 175 0
1983 87 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 128 1 131 1 218 1
1984 100 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 109 2 114 2 214 2
1985 78 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 124 1 126 2 204 2
1986 99 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 91 1 94 1 193 1
1987 80 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 105 0 107 0 187 0
1988 101 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 111 0 212 0
1989 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 77 0 159 0
1990 78 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 80 0 158 0
1991 98 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 48 0 146 0
1992 80 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 83 0 88 0 168 1

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will provide a table listing the number of deaths

Numbers of deaths involving firearms undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted (ICD E985), in England and Wales from 1979 to 1992
Year Shotgun (E985.1) Handguns (E985.0) Hunting rifle (E985.2) Military firearm (E985.3) Other firearm (E985.8) Total (excluding shotguns) Total (including shotguns)
All ages Under16s All ages Under16s All ages Under16s All ages Under16s All ages Under16s All ages Under16s All ages Under16s
1979 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0 20 0 27 0
1980 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 1 16 1
1981 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 15 0
1982 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 16 0
1983 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 17 0 29 0
1984 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 19 1 28 1
1985 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 17 0 29 2
1986 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 21 0 37 0
1987 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 0 32 0
1988 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 14 0 28 2
1989 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 16 0 40 0
1990 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 10 0 31 1
1991 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 0 29 0
1992 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 14 1 22 1
Numbers of accidental deaths involving firearms (ICD E922) in England and Wales from 1979 to 1992
Year Shotgun (E922.1) Handguns (E922.0) Hunting rifle (E922.2) Military firearm (E922.3) Other firearm (E922.4) Unspecified (E922.9) Total (excluding shotguns) Total (including shotguns)
Allages Under16s Allages Under16s Allages Under16s Allages Under16s Allages Under16s Allages Under16s Allages Under16s Allages Under16s
1979 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 8 2 14 2
1980 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2 9 2 15 3
1981 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 1 9 3 18 7
1982 11 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 1 11 1 22 4
1983 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 1 14 2
1984 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 9 1 12 3 14 4
1985 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 8 2 18 2
1986 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 10 2 16 4
1987 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 12 0
1988 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 1 13 2 17 2
1989 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 17 0
1990 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 8 0
1991 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 0
1992 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 6 0 8 0

other than suicides and homicides involving (a) shotguns and (b) other firearms in each year since 1979, listing separately the number of under-16s.

Mr. Sackville

The information available is shown in the tables.

Numbers of deaths due to legal intervention involving firearms in England and Wales from 1979 to 1992. ICD E970.
Year Total
all ages under 16s
1979 2 0
1980 0 0
1981 0 0
1982 0 0
1983 0 0
1984 0 0
1985 0 0
1986 0 0
1987 0 0
1988 2 0
1989 1 0
1990 2 0
1991 2 0
1992 6 0