§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licensed gun dealers are located within the Metropolitan police area. [20787]
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is published in the annual Home Office statistical bulletin "Firearm certificate statistics, England and Wales 1993", issue 22/94, table 5, copies of which can be found in the Library.
§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) firearm and (b) shotgun licences were issued in the Metropolitan police area during the last year for which figures are available. [20785]
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is published in the annual Home Office statistical bulletin "Firearm certificate statistics, England and Wales 1993", issue 22/94, tables 2 and 4, copies of which can be found in the Library.
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Table 2: Firearm certificates: applications for grant, renewal and variation, granted and refused; revocations; certificates on issue at 31 December by police force area England and Wales 1993 Numbers Grant of new certificate Applications Renewal of certificate Variation of certificate Police force area Granted Refused Granted Refused Granted Refused Revocations Firearm certificates on issues at 31 December Avon and Somerset 267 3 1,508 11 143 8 6 5,306 Bedfordshire 121 3 386 2 44 2 4 1,374 Cambridgeshire 196 2 796 5 88 2 6 2,951 Cheshire 200 4 700 — — — 3 2,642 Cleveland 68 — 196 — 45 — — 855 Cumbria 190 — 957 — 151 2 2 3,324 Derbyshire 255 — 612 — 70 — 3 2,323 Devon and Cornwall 606 5 2,307 3 201 4 9 8,595 Dorset 204 2 740 2 78 — — 2,511 Durham 146 — 591 — 53 — 1 2,114 Essex 323 4 1,181 8 381 — 8 4,125 Gloucestershire 170 1 710 — 168 — 2 2,443 Greater Manchester 256 1 653 — 52 — 3 2,674 Hampshire 437 19 1,333 37 558 2 9 5,360 Hertfordshire 139 — 523 — 487 — 4 1,873 Humberside 208 2 860 — 154 1 2 2,878 Kent 299 9 1,707 6 100 1 4 4,366 Lancashire 200 4 822 8 80 1 1 2,896 Leicestershire 136 — 473 3 49 1 3 1,918 Lincolnshire 230 — 909 — 80 — 2 3,470 London, City of 2 — 7 — 6 — — 39 Merseyside 128 2 387 — 34 — 6 1,722 Metropolitan Police District 827 20 2,458 24 276 — 9 9,248 Norfolk 320 5 967 4 453 2 5 3,535 Northamptonshire 144 — 544 — 165 — 3 2,244 Northumbria 311 3 267 4 152 — 4 3,610 North Yorkshire 299 1 1,536 1 183 3 — 5,500 Nottinghamshire 182 — 494 — — — 4 1,979 South Yorkshire 184 — 385 — 54 — 1 1,597 Staffordshire 232 1 719 — 276 — 2 3,042 Suffolk 284 — 746 2 87 2 2 3,567 Surrey 269 — 696 3 70 — 2 2,622 Sussex 402 — 1,597 — 166 — — 5,524 Thames Valley 591 10 1,648 17 579 4 18 6,425 Warwickshire 127 2 511 — 34 — — 1,663 West Mercia 492 9 1,707 12 257 21 5 5,081 West Midlands 214 — 673 1 646 — 2 2,448 West Yorkshire 295 8 914 11 5911 31 7 3,212 Wiltshire 220 — 656 — 242 — — 2,589 Dyfed-Powys 252 — 951 1 152 — 1 3,319 Gwent 71 1 229 1 1571 11 1 822 North Wales 196 1 617 1 149 — 1 2,353 South Wales 201 2 614 — 46 — 2 2,280 All forces 10,894 124 37,287 167 8,0402 602 147 138,419 1 Total number of variations only available from these forces—see note 3. 2 Includes estimates made centrally for two forces.
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Table 4: Shotgun certificates: applications for grant and renewal, granted and refused; revocations; certificates on issue at 31 December by police force area England and Wales 1993 Numbers Applications Grant of new certificate Renewal of certificate Police force area Granted Refused Granted Refused Revocations Shotgun certificates on issue at 31 December Avon and Somerset 812 16 7,965 10 26 24,329 Bedfordshire 278 9 2,172 — 12 7,305 Cambridgeshire 862 18 5,716 13 21 16,674
Table 4: Shotgun certificates: applications for grant and renewal, granted and refused; revocations; certificates on issue at 31 December by police force area England and Wales 1993 Numbers Applications Grant of new certificate Renewal of certificate Police force area Granted Refused Granted Refused Revocations Shotgun certificates on issue at 31 December Cheshire 526 6 4,103 4 17 14,193 Cleveland 109 3 788 — 2 2,935 Cumbria 401 9 3,590 — 11 11,864 Derbyshire 892 3 4,182 2 16 13,380 Devon and Cornwall 1,169 17 12,733 8 34 39,591 Dorset 443 4 3,749 — 13 12,711 Durham 278 5 2,154 — 4 7,076 Essex 1,241 18 7,152 10 30 22,577 Gloucestershire 550 5 3,957 1 5 12,891 Greater Manchester 450 3 3,065 — 7 10,990 Hampshire 1,207 19 6,700 17 17 23,532 Hertfordshire 782 14 2,881 — 10 10,277 Humberside 363 11 3,433 3 12 11,094 Kent 1,019 32 11,487 5 23 23,870 Lancashire 660 14 4,454 6 22 13,819 Leicestershire 474 — 3,686 6 3 12,173 Lincolnshire 578 4 4,924 2 15 17,382 London, City of 1 — 5 — — 35 Merseyside 243 6 1,595 2 8 4,989 Metropolitan Police District 2,206 34 9,554 15 26 35,621 Norfolk 1,096 19 7,586 10 37 22,865 Northamptonshire 375 1 2,809 — 16 10,125 Northumbria 608 16 953 4 11 9,886 North Yorkshire 644 — 6,287 — 7 20,159 Nottinghamshire 552 9 2,866 2 12 12,306 South Yorkshire 527 7 2,603 — 13 9,174 Staffordshire 721 5 6,348 2 8 19,601 Suffolk 928 1 5,101 2 11 19,166 Surrey 548 4 3,653 2 12 12,459 Sussex 1,259 2 6,927 — 5 23,924 Thames Valley 1,983 29 9,481 25 62 32,576 Warwickshire 358 4 3,257 — 2 10,127 West Mercia 1,514 22 1,595 — 72 33,794 West Midlands 574 17 3,514 — 19 12,548 West Yorkshire 741 23 3,935 13 18 13,064 Wiltshire 458 6 3,324 1 3 12,352 Dyfed—Powys 1,372 1 5,434 — 6 22,450 Gwent 330 4 2,149 6 10 6,985 North Wales 495 21 4,216 5 19 14,969 South Wales 448 10 3,731 6 10 13,228 Total 31,075 451 195,796 189 687 681,066
§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further steps he proposes to take to exercise control over the sale and purchase of firearms in(a) the Metropolitan police area and (b) nationally. [20788]
§ Mr. MacleanNone. There are already extensive restrictions on the purchase and sale of firearms.
§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many gun and shotgun licences were issued in the Metropolitan Police area during the last678W available year to persons with previous criminal convictions of any kind. [20786]
§ Mr. MacleanThis information is not available.