§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many shotgun licences and firearm certificates respectively are currently in force and how many of each have been reported lost in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available.
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch):Six hundred and seventy thousand shotgun certificates and 140,200 firearm certificates were in force in England and Wales on 31 December 1994.
Information is not available centrally on the numbers of such certificates which were reported lost.