§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals in each of378W the last three years have been (a) arrested for and (b) convicted of (i) wounding and (ii) killing with a legally held shotgun. [145950]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeArrests data held centrally and information collected on the Home Office Court Proceedings Database do not identify the type of weapon used for violent offences.
Information, taken from the data collection "Recorded crime in which firearms were reported to have been used or misappropriated" on the number of homicides and other injuries caused by the use of shotguns in the last three years are recorded is follows:
1997 1998–99 1999–2000 Homicide 16 11 19 Injuries—shotgun fired 44 48 61 Injuries—shotgun used as a blunt instrument 11 14 20 Information is not available as to whether the shotgun was legally held or not.