§ Ms Janet AndersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the weapons handed in during the last guns amnesty following the Hungerford tragedy in 1988 were disposed of. [33992]
§ Mr. MacleanFirearms selected as being of significant scientific or national heritage value were allocated to suitably authorised, publicly funded museums or other public bodies. The remainder—the vast majority—were destroyed in line with the usual practice of local police forces.