§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many murders were committed in England and Wales in each of the last three years for which figures are available, and, of these, how many were persons killed by(a) shotguns, (b) handguns and (c) other firearms.
§ Mr. MacleanThe available information which relates to homicide is published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", copies of which can be found in the Library, latest edition, 1992, Cm 2410, table 3.4.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will show for each of the last three years(a) the total number of crimes reported to the police, (b) the number of crimes which were believed to involve firearms, (c) the categories of crimes in which firearms were used, (d) the type of firearms used, (e) the number of persons charged with using firearms in the commission of crime, and (f) how many of those persons had authority to possess the firearms.
§ Mr. MacleanThe available information is published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", copies of which can be found in the Library—latest edition, 1992 Cm. 2410, table 2.1—for total offences recorded by the police; table 3.1 for offences in which firearms were used; table 3.3 for the type of firearm involved; and table 3.13 for persons found guilty.
Figures for 1993 are not yet available.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people charged with causing the death of another person by the use of a firearm of any description in England and Wales had authority to possess that firearm, in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is not available centrally.