§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to release the 2002–03 authorised firearms officer figures for all forces in England and Wales; what the cause of the delay in releasing the figures is; and if he will make a statement. [139068]
§ Ms BlearsThe police use of firearms statistics for 2002–03 are currently being validated and I hope to release them by way of a ministerial statement early in the new year.