§ Lord Windleshamasked Her Majesty's Government:
What statistical information is available to indicate the growth in the installation of burglar alarms and other security precautions at domestic premises over the last ten years, and the estimated effect on the incidence of domestic burglary.
§ Baroness BlatchThe available information, from the British Crime Survey, is as follows:
What was the number of recorded offences of homicide in which firearms were the principal cause of death in each year since 1985, including Scotland as well as England and Wales; and
What was the total number of offences recorded by the police in each year since 1985 in which firearms were used to cause non-fatal injuries, including Scotland as well as England and Wales.
§ Baroness BlatchThe following table gives the information requested: 227WA
Notifiable offences1 recorded by the police in which firearms were reported to have caused injury. Homicide Non-fatal injury England and Wales Scotland Total Great Britain England and Wales Scotland Total Great Britain 1985 45 9 54 2,819 451 3,270 1986 51 5 56 2,165 397 2,562 1987 77 3 80 2,126 403 2,529 1988 36 2 38 2,004 279 2,283 1989 45 7 52 2,119 341 2,460 1990 60 3 63 2,092 348 2,440 1991 55 7 62 2,077 423 2,500 1992 56 6 62 2,247 398 2,645 1993 74 8 82 2,219 324 2,543 1994 66 9 75 2,137 387 2,524 1995 — 11 — — 418 — Figures for England and Wales for 1995 are not yet available. 1 Crimes and Offences in Scotland.