§ The Earl of Shrewsburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will provide a detailed breakdown of the numbers and types of illegally held firearms handed in during the recent firearms amnesty. [HL3811]
§ Baroness Scotland of AsthalWe intend to make a written ministerial statement on 15 July announcing the total number of guns and ammunition handed in during the amnesty. As part of this, a detailed breakdown will be placed in the Library.
I refer the noble Lord to the written ministerial statement made today in another place. A detailed
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Firearms and Ammunition handed in during the Firearms Amnesty 2003 Prohibited Firearms Police Force Total No of Guns Total No of Rounds of Ammunition Fully Automatic Handguns Rifles Section 5 Shotguns Other section 5 firearms Total Rifles Avon & Somerset 1,309 45,000 2 148 1 1 0 152 80 Bedfordshire 298 5,552 0 48 1 6 0 55 14 Cambridgeshire 579 9,639 0 69 2 0 2 73 45 Cheshire 683 10,627 1 137 0 3 2 143 18 Cleveland 212 3,979 0 23 1 1 3 28 5 Cumbria 572 10,503 0 87 0 2 0 89 46 Derbyshire 732 4,715 1 69 1 7 0 78 27 Devon & Cornwall 2,233 38,110 1 378 20 2 35 436 103 Dorset 698 18,826 0 174 8 28 4 214 28 Durham 367 7,112 0 39 0 0 0 39 16 Essex 1,367 20,973 0 170 0 6 2 178 102 Gloucestershire 272 1,450 0 56 0 0 1 57 10 Greater Manchester 2,662 43,317 3 199 3 2 3 210 81 Hampshire 1,540 42,795 2 183 2 5 3 195 71 Hertfordshire 680 14,504 0 133 18 20 4 175 21 Humberside 622 19,802 3 72 3 5 3 86 38 Kent 1,287 62,142 0 217 3 12 2 234 6! Lancashire 1,038 15,843 0 117 12 6 3 138 85 Leicestershire 792 245 1 66 0 1 0 68 35 Lincolnshire 1,019 14,136 0 62 2 0 0 64 40 London. City of 14 217 0 3 0 1 1 5 0 Merseyside 924 15,869 0 105 0 1 1 107 27 Metropolitan Police 3,189 75,606 9 606 14 39 85 753 206 Norfolk 965 13,301 0 106 0 2 1 109 49 Northampton 523 12,798 0 63 0 4 3 70 17 Northumbria 969 16,775 0 94 2 8 1 105 34 North Yorkshire 617 6,557 0 74 0 2 3 79 30 Nottingham 908 34,712 1 82 1 1 0 85 45 South Yorkshire 407 4,567 1 74 3 1 3 82 18 Staffordshire 823 49,271 2 99 3 7 3 114 32 Suffolk 1,219 23,801 2 141 0 6 4 153 49 Surrey 1,157 31,806 6 174 0 5 15 200 60 Sussex 1,997 32,702 0 273 1 6 6 286 76 Thames Valley 1,189 23,877 1 241 11 38 5 296 62 Warwickshire 453 8,563 1 50 4 0 2 57 23 West Mercia 1,029 28,072 20 101 0 2 9 132 53 West Midlands 1,265 53,190 1 168 6 1 3 179 38 West Yorkshire 635 11,493 1 128 0 5 0 134 32 Wiltshire 574 7,516 1 39 1 0 0 41 44 Total England 37,819 839,963 60 5,068 123 236 212 5,699 1,821 Dyfed-Powys 847 23,526 2 101 9 9 9 130 66 Gwent 332 12,584 1 35 8 46 1 91 13 North Wales 592 5,073 1 69 0 1 0 71 21 breakdown of the figures is being placed in the Library.
§ Lord Pestonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What were the final figures in respect of the final firearms amnesty. [HL4032]
§ Baroness Scotland of AsthalWe have today placed in the Libraries of both Houses details of what was handed in to police forces during the recent firearms amnesty (31 March to 30 April).
A total of 43,908 guns and 1,039,358 rounds of ammunition were handed in. This compares to 22,939 guns and 695,197 rounds of ammunition during the previous amnesty in June 1996.
We are particularly pleased to see the high volume of hand-ins of all types of gun and ammunition. The amnesty was a great success and these items are no longer at risk of falling into the hands of criminals.
The guns figure includes 6,529 prohibited firearms (including 5,734 handguns), 10,513 shot guns, 13,974 air weapons, 9,480 imitations and 3,412 assorted rifles and other guns. In addition, a total of 7,093 other weapons, including knives, swords and crossbows, were handed in.
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Firearms and Ammunition handed in during the Firearms Amnesty 2003 Prohibited Firearms Police Force Total No of Guns Total No of Rounds of Ammunition Fully Automatic Handguns Rifles Section 5 Shotguns Other section 5 firearms Total Rifles South Wales 917 14,128 2 199 12 44 1 258 39 Total Wales 2,688 55,311 6 404 29 100 11 550 139 Total England & Wales 40,507 895,274 66 5,472 152 336 223 6,249 1,960 Central Scotland 175 1,710 0 7 0 0 0 7 9 Dumfries & Galloway 220 71,910 0 14 0 0 0 14 9 Fife 343 6,478 1 28 0 4 0 33 17 Grampian 540 12,529 0 8 0 0 0 8 46 Lothian & Borders 509 11,775 1 54 0 1 0 56 43 Northern 392 13,796 0 42 0 0 1 43 76 Strathclyde 786 19,635 1 87 3 2 2 95 59 Tayside 428 6,083 0 22 0 1 0 23 39 Total Scotland 3,393 143,916 3 262 3 8 3 279 298 British Transport Police 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MoD Police 6 168 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Total Other 8 168 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Total Great Britain 43,908 1,039,358 69 5,734 155 344 227 6,529 2,259 108WA109WA
Non-Prohibited Guns Ammunition Police Force Imitations Air Guns Shot Guns Other Total Prohibited Bulleted Shot Gun Other Other Weapons Avon & Somerset 207 501 363 6 1,157 0 16,000 25,000 4,000 46 Bedfordshire 56 98 63 12 243 44 2,154 1,787 1,567 97 Cambridgeshire 145 134 177 5 506 0 6,119 2,140 1,380 28 Cheshire 118 250 128 26 540 13 7,470 1,085 2,059 30 Cleveland 40 109 30 0 184 413 1,804 297 1,465 18 Cumbria 86 191 154 6 483 6 5,387 1,224 3,886 46 Derbyshire 184 234 189 20 654 0 1,933 2,122 660 0 Devon & Cornwall 526 654 483 31 1,797 2,666 14,473 4,401 16,570 81 Dorset 50 233 125 48 484 1,362 5,027 3,848 8,589 48 Durham 32 193 86 1 328 123 5,427 842 720 187 Essex 264 400 407 16 1,189 7 6,713 3,550 10,703 106 Gloucestershire 34 73 97 1 215 0 500 850 100 3 Greater Manchester 1,503 569 264 35 2,452 402 19,853 6,498 16,564 54 Hampshire 380 471 383 40 1,345 2,200 19,195 7,967 13,433 507 Hertfordshire 113 201 151 19 505 1,705 7,553 1,770 3,476 110 Humberside 115 241 132 10 536 542 9,506 1,848 7,906 121 Kent 250 379 346 17 1,053 249 14,232 4,738 42,923 105 Lancashire 222 316 259 18 900 34 9,786 2,738 3,285 85 Leicestershire 153 277 237 22 724 1 102 67 75 59 Lincolnshire 100 341 340 134 955 18 11,357 1,904 857 1,027 London. City of 3 2 4 0 9 0 20 28 169 0 Merseyside 252 421 100 17 817 4 6,341 1,583 7,941 130 Metropolitan Police 776 962 312 180 2,436 6,571 25,097 10,745 33,193 680 Norfolk 153 221 418 15 856 2 10,713 2,345 241 45 Northampton 128 144 160 4 453 2 7,257 3,987 1,552 279 Northumbria 147 541 118 24 864 4 10,227 2,267 4,277 105 North Yorkshire 119 168 206 15 538 1,209 3,849 1,251 248 18 Nottingham 236 345 190 7 823 1,084 8,861 3,753 21,014 0 South Yorkshire 89 105 92 21 325 0 2,616 929 1,022 56 Staffordshire 221 264 191 1 709 35 17,918 4,956 26,362 50 Suffolk 259 294 454 10 1,066 1,145 10,857 3,122 8,677 101 Surrey 267 365 239 26 957 1 19,173 8,034 4,598 1,560 Sussex 445 675 495 20 1,711 0 22,584 7,172 2,966 33 Thames Valley 165 330 301 35 893 2,041 8,393 3,122 10,321 135 Warwickshire 90 189 83 11 396 609 3,706 862 3,386 22 West Mercia 157 282 370 35 897 300 15,558 4,655 7,559 166 West Midlands 412 475 145 16 1,086 735 40,158 4,452 7,845 50 West Yorkshire 124 211 97 37 501 0 7,532 581 3,380 22 Wiltshire 82 225 166 16 533 62 3,433 1,615 2,406 16 Total England 8,703 12,084 8,555 957 32,120 23,589 388,864 140,135 287,375 6,226 Dyfed-Powys 32 149 450 20 717 1,941 11,103 6,088 4,394 35 Gwent 51 90 68 19 241 9 4,347 5,705 2,523 18 North Wales 121 168 199 12 521 0 3,731 1,018 324 41 South Wales 112 242 253 13 659 280 5,246 4,148 4,454 89 Total Wales 316 649 970 64 2,138 2,230 24,427 16,959 11,695 183 Total England and Wales 9,019 12,733 9,525 1,021 34,258 25,819 413,291 157,094 299,070 6,409 Central Scotland 16 74 40 29 168 79 955 638 38 87 Dumfries & Galloway 19 82 83 13 206 0 2,379 1,017 68,514 114 Fife 53 154 63 23 310 1,004 3,586 1,075 813 94
Non-Prohibited Guns Ammunition Police Force Imitations Air Guns Shot Guns Other Total Prohibited Bulleted Shot Gun Other Other Weapons Grampian 97 158 213 18 532 91 10,267 1,261 910 128 Lothian & Borders 68 204 129 9 453 0 9,238 1,514 1,023 41 Northern 17 95 151 10 349 4,786 5,699 3,197 114 75 Strathclyde 91 343 175 23 691 1,233 8,307 3,200 6,895 29 Tayside 99 129 132 6 405 34 3,150 2,156 743 116 Total Scotland 460 1,239 986 131 3,114 7,227 43,581 14,058 79,050 684 British Transport Police 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 MoD Police 1 0 2 1 5 0 155 0 13 0 Total Other 1 2 2 1 7 0 155 0 13 0 Total Great Britain 9,480 13,974 10,513 1,153 37,379 33,046 457,027 171,152 378,133 7,093