§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents occurred in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area in England and Wales, where shots were discharged by persons engaged in criminal activity. [102165]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe first table shows for each year 1994 to 1998, the number of firearms (including air weapons) discharged in notifiable offences recorded by the police in each police force area in England and Wales. Information on air weapons discharged during the years 1995 to 1997 is not available centrally.
The second table gives similar information for 1994 and 1998 for all firearms, excluding air weapons.
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Numbers of firearms discharged (including air weapons) in notifiable offences recorded by the police, England and Wales 1994 and 19981 Police force 1994 1998 Avon and Somerset 154 186 Bedfordshire 84 107 Cambridgeshire 102 113 Cheshire 61 65 Cleveland 154 191 Cumbria 51 33 Derbyshire 230 270 Devon and Cornwall 136 91 Dorset 30 35 Durham 94 50 Essex 239 279 Gloucestershire 61 79 Greater Manchester 322 558 Hampshire 176 79 Hertfordshire 16 36 Humberside 508 460 Kent 409 203 Lancashire 94 132 Leicestershire 71 71 Lincolnshire 86 75 London, City of — — Merseyside 384 586 Metropolitan Police 569 1,305 Norfolk 54 26 Northamptonshire 126 139 Northumbria 321 312 North Yorkshire 101 66 Nottinghamshire 202 538 South Yorkshire 383 322 Staffordshire 210 116 Suffolk 60 12 Surrey 49 25 Sussex 109 206 Thames Valley 236 346 Warwickshire 77 44 West Mercia 110 78 West Midlands 373 531 West Yorkshire 810 896 Wiltshire 11 66 Dyfed Powys 22 39 Gwent 35 163 North Wales 67 77 South Wales 255 243 Total 7,642 9,249 1 Number of air weapons discharged for the years 1995–97 are not available centrally
Numbers of firearms discharged (excluding air weapons) in notifiable offences recorded by the police, England and Wales 1994–98 Police force 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Avon and Somerset 17 16 10 8 12 Bedfordshire 15 12 9 6 7 Cambridgeshire 5 7 5 1 3 Cheshire 7 6 4 1 5 Cleveland 14 5 9 9 4 Cumbria 3 9 2 2 — Derbyshire 15 11 9 17 8 Devon and Cornwall 12 4 7 4 34 Dorset 2 2 6 3 4 Durham 1 4 10 5 5 Essex 23 25 14 15 10 Gloucestershire 4 10 7 7 5 Greater Manchester 59 58 55 77 96 Hampshire 17 6 9 5 11 Hertfordshire 5 15 19 10 9 Humberside 5 4 13 11 4 Kent 43 18 13 19 16 Lancashire 8 19 6 15 7 Leicestershire 15 8 12 20 16 Lincolnshire 6 6 2 1 3 London, City of — — — — — Merseyside 17 44 60 18 27 Metropolitan Police 190 157 332 412 463 Norfolk 5 8 2 4 4 Northamptonshire 7 9 11 8 12 Northumbria 39 20 28 9 10 North Yorkshire 4 2 — 5 1 Nottinghamshire 13 15 24 33 42 South Yorkshire 52 30 23 22 22 Staffordshire 21 11 5 2 5 Suffolk 6 3 — 2 — Surrey 5 2 3 4 1 Sussex 18 13 11 20 25 Thames Valley 19 30 38 23 13 Warwickshire 8 2 2 — 3 West Mercia 11 1 3 13 7 12 West Midlan 57 132 153 73 96 West Yorkshire 27 34 35 16 16 Wiltshire — 1 3 4 2 Dyfed Powys 9 4 5 4 2
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Population in prisons in England and Wales by nationality, ethnicity and establishment, 31 October 19991 White Black South Asian Prison British nationals Foreign nationals Not known British nationals Foreign nationals Not brown British nationals Foreign nationals Not known Acklington 686 5 — 4 1 — 7 5 Albany 381 19 — 12 7 — 4 3 Altcourse 812 10 1 14 3 — — — — Ashwell 380 7 — 54 4 — 22 3 — Askham Grange 93 — — 22 3 — — 4 — Aylesbury 199 7 — 102 14 — 12 4 — Bedford 282 15 1 31 11 — 24 12 — Belmarsh 480 39 — 133 44 — 8 3 — Birmingham 751 23 — 176 20 — 18 11 — Blakenhurst 664 21 2 71 16 1 19 17 — Blantyre House 100 2 — 6 4 — 1 2 — Blundeston 211 12 — 67 29 — 7 1 1 — Brinsford 371 4 1 80 7 — 27 1 — Bristol 490 10 — 54 6 — 1 1 — Brixton 347 65 — 181 102 — 6 14 — Brockhill 121 2 1 18 4 — 4 2 — Buckley Hall 314 7 — 37 4 — 12 1 —
Numbers of firearms discharged (excluding air weapons) in notifiable offences recorded by the police, England and Wales 1994— Police force 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Gwent 5 6 4 7 2 North Wales 4 6 10 2 8 South Wales 10 5 9 5 5 Total 803 782 992 916 1,030
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in each of the last five years and the current year to date how many illegally held(a) shotguns, (b).22 rifles, (c) rifles of greater calibre than.22, (d) handguns and (e) other firearms were seized by the police in each police force area in England and Wales. [102162]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information requested is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many homicides were committed using(a) shotguns, (b) rifles, (c) handguns and (d) other firearms, in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years and the current year; and how many homicides were committed by the use of a legally held firearm used by the owner, shown by the type of weapon used. [102166]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeTables that have been placed in the Library give the requested information, including the legal status of the firearm where this was known.
All the data for 1998, and the legally held data for 1995 to 1998 is provisional.
No information is yet available for 1999.