§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has now received the report from Messrs Ernst and Young on the design of a recording and reporting system which would allow income and expenditure on the administration of firearms licensing to be monitored more closely; and if he will publish it. [29303]
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§ Mr. MacleanThe report was received by the Home Office in July 1992 and is publicly available on request to the Home Office. Copies have been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make available the full report into firearms fees, including all supporting tables, provided to his Department in 1992 by Messrs Ernst and Young. [29310]
§ Mr. MacleanA copy of the Ernst and Young report was placed in the Library on 20 July 1994.
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police forces are currently processing firearms licensing at a cost below the level of fees charged; and if he will estimate the amount of excess contribution thereby made by firearms users to general police funds in these police areas. [29311]
§ Mr. MacleanThis information is not available.
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) which police forces now have in place a mechanism for taking into account the views of the shooting public in respect of their administration of firearms licensing as recommended by Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary; [29312]
(2) if he will list for each police force in England and Wales the average time taken from the receipt of an application for (a) a shotgun certificate and (b) a firearm certificate to the issue of that certificate; [29313]
(3) if he will list for each police force in England and Wales how long before the due date for the renewal of a shotgun or firearm certificate a reminder is sent to the certificate holder. [29314]
§ Mr. MacleanThis information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.