§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded involving the use of an air weapon in each year from 1997. [2169]
§ Mr. DenhamThe available information has been published in "Criminal Statistics England and Wales 1999". The details are as follows:
Year Number of recorded crimes involving an air weapon 1997 7,506 1997–98 7,902 1998–99 8,665 1999–2000 10,103 1997 is the calendar year, with the others being financial years. There was a change in the counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998, and hence figures before and after that date are not directly comparable.