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Firearms
Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) firearms, (b) imitation firearms and (c) knives were voluntarily surrendered to the police in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. [206486]
Jacqui Smith:
The information requested is not regularly collected centrally.
During the firearms amnesty held in April 2003, 43,908 firearms and more than one million rounds of ammunition were surrendered. The breakdown by force area and type of firearms is in the following tables.
A national knife amnesty was held from 24 May to 30 June 2006. The breakdown of the numbers of items handed in by police force area is shown in the table.
| Firearms and ammunition handed in during the firearms amnesty 2003 |
| | | | Prohibited f irearms |
| Police force | Total number of guns | Total number of rounds of ammunition | Fully automatic | Handguns | Rifles | Section 5 shotguns | Other sec 5 firearms | Total |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
1,309
|
45,000
|
2
|
148
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
152
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
298
|
5,552
|
0
|
48
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
55
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
579
|
9,639
|
0
|
69
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
73
|
|
Cheshire
|
683
|
10,627
|
1
|
137
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
143
|
|
Cleveland
|
212
|
3,979
|
0
|
23
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
28
|
|
Cumbria
|
572
|
10,503
|
0
|
87
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
89
|
|
Derbyshire
|
732
|
4,715
|
1
|
69
|
1
|
7
|
0
|
78
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
2,233
|
38,110
|
1
|
378
|
20
|
2
|
35
|
436
|
|
Dorset
|
698
|
18,826
|
0
|
174
|
8
|
28
|
4
|
214
|
|
Durham
|
367
|
7,112
|
0
|
39
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
39
|
|
Essex
|
1,367
|
20,973
|
0
|
170
|
0
|
6
|
2
|
178
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
272
|
1,450
|
0
|
56
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
57
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
2,662
|
43,317
|
3
|
199
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
210
|
|
Hampshire
|
1,540
|
42,795
|
2
|
183
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
195
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
680
|
14,504
|
0
|
133
|
18
|
20
|
4
|
175
|
|
Humberside
|
622
|
19,802
|
3
|
72
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
86
|
|
Kent
|
1,287
|
62,142
|
0
|
217
|
3
|
12
|
2
|
234
|
|
Lancashire
|
1,038
|
15,843
|
0
|
117
|
12
|
6
|
3
|
138
|
|
Leicestershire
|
792
|
245
|
1
|
66
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
68
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
1,019
|
14,136
|
0
|
62
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
64
|
|
London, City of
|
14
|
217
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
|
Merseyside
|
924
|
15,869
|
0
|
105
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
107
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
3,189
|
75,606
|
9
|
606
|
14
|
39
|
85
|
753
|
|
Norfolk
|
965
|
13,301
|
0
|
106
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
109
|
|
Northampton
|
523
|
12,798
|
0
|
63
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
70
|
|
Northumbria
|
969
|
16,775
|
0
|
94
|
2
|
8
|
1
|
105
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
617
|
6,557
|
0
|
74
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
79
|
|
Nottingham
|
908
|
34,712
|
1
|
82
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
85
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
407
|
4,567
|
1
|
74
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
82
|
|
Staffordshire
|
823
|
49,271
|
2
|
99
|
3
|
7
|
3
|
114
|
|
Suffolk
|
1,219
|
23,801
|
2
|
141
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
153
|
|
Surrey
|
1,157
|
31,806
|
6
|
174
|
0
|
5
|
15
|
200
|
|
Sussex
|
1,997
|
32,702
|
0
|
273
|
1
|
6
|
6
|
286
|
|
Thames Valley
|
1,189
|
23,877
|
1
|
241
|
11
|
38
|
5
|
296
|
|
Warwickshire
|
453
|
8,563
|
1
|
50
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
57
|
|
West Mercia
|
1,029
|
28,072
|
20
|
101
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
132
|
|
West Midlands
|
1,265
|
53,190
|
1
|
168
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
179
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
635
|
11,493
|
1
|
128
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
134
|
|
Wiltshire
|
574
|
7,516
|
1
|
39
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
41
|
|
Total England
|
37,819
|
839,963
|
60
|
5,068
|
123
|
236
|
212
|
5,699
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
847
|
23,526
|
2
|
101
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
130
|
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|
Gwent
|
332
|
12,584
|
1
|
35
|
8
|
46
|
1
|
91
|
|
North Wales
|
592
|
5,073
|
1
|
69
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
71
|
|
South Wales
|
917
|
14,128
|
2
|
199
|
12
|
44
|
1
|
258
|
|
Total Wales
|
2,688
|
55,311
|
6
|
404
|
29
|
100
|
11
|
550
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Total England and Wales
|
40,507
|
895,274
|
66
|
5,472
|
152
|
336
|
223
|
6,249
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Central Scotland
|
175
|
1,710
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
220
|
71,910
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
|
Fife
|
343
|
6,478
|
1
|
28
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
33
|
|
Grampian
|
540
|
12,529
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
|
Lothian and Borders
|
509
|
11,775
|
1
|
54
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
56
|
|
Northern
|
392
|
13,796
|
0
|
42
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
43
|
|
Strathclyde
|
786
|
19,635
|
1
|
87
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
95
|
|
Tayside
|
428
|
6,083
|
0
|
22
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
23
|
|
Total Scotland
|
3,393
|
143,916
|
3
|
262
|
3
|
8
|
3
|
279
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
British Transport Police
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
MOD Police
|
6
|
168
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Total Other
|
8
|
168
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Total Great Britain
|
43,908
|
1,039,358
|
69
|
5,734
|
155
|
344
|
227
|
6,529
|
