§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many weapons have been seized by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise for each of the past 10 years(a) at each port and (b) by raids on suspects.
§ Sir John CopeCustoms does not hold central statistics on seizures of weapons that can be broken down in this way. However, the table sets out the number of illegal weapons seized by Customs and Excise nationally in the last 10 years.
Seizures of weapons by HM Customs and Excise over the 10 years to 1992–93 Year ended 31 March Hand guns Rifles Shotguns CS gas canisters Stun guns Total 1984 908 155 10 152 11 1,236 1985 150 52 7 174 2 385 1986 108 156 11 141 30 446 1987 1,071 28 21 114 291 1,525 1988 168 31 6 276 309 790 1989 130 55 28 395 73 681 1990 1,489 144 44 414 301 2,392 1991 253 535 49 1,132 48 2,017 1992 176 126 82 692 53 1,129 1993 138 41 39 2,580 427 3,225 TOTALS 4,591 1,323 297 6,070 1,545 13,826