HC Deb 07 November 1996 vol 284 c649W
24. Mr. Hall

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many .22 repeating hand guns are legally held in the United Kingdom. [941]

Miss Widdecombe

Exact figures are not available centrally. The total number of .22 handguns, both repeating and single shot, which are legally held by private individuals on firearm certificate in Great Britain is in the order of 40,000 and others are legally owned by firearms dealers.