§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of(a) homicides, (b) unlawful woundings and (c) accidental injuries notified to the police in which licensed handguns were used in each month since March. [3788]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation as to whether firearms used in offences are legally held is not at present routinely collected centrally in England and Wales. However, a special exercise has recently been carried out to find out whether the guns used in homicides were licensed. The exercise covers the years 1992 to 1994. Out of a total of 22 homicides in which the firearm was legally held, four involved handguns.