HC Deb 10 December 1996 vol 287 c137W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been brought in each year since 1990 for possession of an airgun without a licence. [7177]

Miss Widdecombe

Only high powered air weapons require a police certificate issued under section 1(1) of the Firearms Act 1968. It is not possible, from the information held centrally, to identify prosecutions in respect of this type of firearm from others covered by the above mentioned section of the Act.