§ Ms AbbottTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans his Department has to review procedures governing the use of firearms by the police. [176268]
§ Caroline FlintThere are no plans to further review procedures governing the use of firearms by police. The Code of Practice on the Police Use of Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons, which was published in December 2003, sets out the basic principles in relation to the selection, testing, acquisition and use of firearms and less lethal weapons by police. The Association of Chief Police Officers also issue a detailed manual of guidance to police forces.
§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department low many incidents resulting in(a) fatalities, (b) serous injuries and (c) minor injuries have occurred (i) in miniature rifle ranges exempted from certification or involving weapons linked to such ranges and (ii) on theatrical, film and television productions under present exemptions or involving weapons held under such exemptions in each of the last 10 years. [177467]
§ Caroline Flint[holding answer 9 June 2004]: Information available centrally relates only to recorded crimes resulting in injury or death and in any event does not record the location where the injury was sustained.
§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences there were involving shotgun cartridges of components derived from them 1165W other than in the circumstance of a crime where a shotgun itself is discharged in each of the last 10 years. [177468]
§ Caroline Flint[holding answer 9 June 2004]: The information requested is not collected centrally.