22 July 2008 : Column 1362W—continued
22 July 2008 : Column 1363W
22 July 2008 : Column 1364W
| Number of incidents where conventional firearms were used |
|
| 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999- 20 00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Incidents
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
9
|
11
|
10
|
4
|
5
|
9
|
3
|
|
Percentage of incidents compared with number of authorised operations
|
0.040
|
0.025
|
0.046
|
0.064
|
0.081
|
0.079
|
0.067
|
0.024
|
0.031
|
0.048
|
0.017
|
| Number of authorised firearms officers (AFOs) |
|
| 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1 9 99- 20 00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Total
|
6,738
|
6,585
|
6,308
|
6,262
|
6,064
|
5,776
|
5,763
|
6,096
|
6,243
|
6,584
|
6,728
|
|
Avon and Somerset
|
165
|
161
|
153
|
150
|
135
|
116
|
84
|
122
|
118
|
117
|
103
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
46
|
42
|
50
|
46
|
45
|
48
|
53
|
58
|
56
|
59
|
57
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
90
|
80
|
80
|
77
|
73
|
56
|
71
|
60
|
60
|
50
|
46
|
|
Cheshire
|
70
|
82
|
70
|
75
|
74
|
81
|
89
|
75
|
76
|
73
|
80
|
|
Cleveland
|
86
|
84
|
78
|
80
|
75
|
85
|
80
|
95
|
100
|
100
|
105
|
|
City of London
|
88
|
81
|
55
|
73
|
74
|
73
|
72
|
86
|
89
|
86
|
45
|
|
Cumbria
|
108
|
122
|
98
|
9$
|
94
|
92
|
87
|
89
|
90
|
89
|
90
|
|
Derbyshire
|
110
|
100
|
87
|
77
|
81
|
80
|
69
|
70
|
74
|
75
|
69
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
151
|
147
|
82
|
119
|
100
|
108
|
115
|
132
|
123
|
122
|
132
|
|
Dorset
|
74
|
72
|
72
|
66
|
67
|
57
|
59
|
60
|
64
|
62
|
67
|
|
Durham
|
138
|
144
|
96
|
101
|
101
|
86
|
102
|
97
|
103
|
100
|
102
|
|
Essex
|
228
|
217
|
235
|
228
|
195
|
180
|
184
|
186
|
202
|
205
|
220
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
82
|
84
|
79
|
77
|
72
|
71
|
80
|
82
|
93
|
92
|
94
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
209
|
182
|
217
|
218
|
240
|
219
|
202
|
205
|
187
|
245
|
217
|
|
Hampshire
|
106
|
112
|
110
|
111
|
100
|
87
|
94
|
94
|
92
|
97
|
83
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
42
|
41
|
43
|
52
|
44
|
46
|
47
|
50
|
53
|
52
|
49
|
|
Humberside
|
90
|
102
|
102
|
97
|
102
|
96
|
96
|
96
|
101
|
92
|
83
|
|
Kent
|
150
|
150
|
130
|
136
|
136
|
113
|
93
|
90
|
94
|
94
|
98
|
|
Lancashire
|
132
|
125
|
132
|
143
|
132
|
138
|
129
|
122
|
115
|
123
|
103
|
|
Leicestershire
|
104
|
94
|
90
|
90
|
85
|
69
|
68
|
51
|
53
|
59
|
67
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
82
|
85
|
75
|
78
|
80
|
91
|
87
|
78
|
86
|
87
|
75
|
|
Merseyside
|
147
|
165
|
121
|
96
|
103
|
78
|
84
|
94
|
93
|
129
|
139
|
|
Metropolitan
|
2,035
|
1,971
|
1,951
|
1,977
|
1,940
|
1,805
|
1,823
|
2,060
|
2,134
|
2,331
|
2,584
|
|
Norfolk
|
98
|
102
|
109
|
110
|
114
|
104
|
109
|
114
|
125
|
119
|
127
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
92
|
92
|
92
|
75
|
77
|
51
|
56
|
52
|
50
|
56
|
59
|
|
Northumbria
|
173
|
126
|
123
|
114
|
109
|
125
|
99
|
90
|
93
|
98
|
92
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
108
|
95
|
83
|
59
|
66
|
66
|
64
|
60
|
56
|
78
|
67
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
128
|
129
|
120
|
116
|
137
|
136
|
131
|
138
|
138
|
149
|
146
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
110
|
108
|
90
|
100
|
98
|
92
|
100
|
98
|
122
|
116
|
118
|
|
Staffordshire
|
78
|
86
|
92
|
81
|
67
|
71
|
63
|
67
|
76
|
70
|
82
|
|
Suffolk
|
82
|
96
|
101
|
98
|
90
|
90
|
80
|
96
|
88
|
84
|
78
|
|
Surrey
|
76
|
61
|
69
|
71
|
72
|
62
|
48
|
53
|
49
|
51
|
45
|
|
Sussex
|
180
|
146
|
156
|
131
|
118
|
120
|
141
|
134
|
130
|
129
|
129
|
|
Thames valley
|
185
|
194
|
179
|
187
|
185
|
156
|
180
|
172
|
176
|
180
|
186
|
|
Warwickshire
|
41
|
38
|
44
|
54
|
45
|
50
|
51
|
46
|
53
|
55
|
59
|
|
West Mercia
|
155
|
159
|
139
|
129
|
130
|
125
|
131
|
139
|
141
|
152
|
133
|
|
West midlands
|
88
|
95
|
92
|
93
|
83
|
111
|
110
|
124
|
134
|
145
|
175
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
131
|
114
|
128
|
110
|
117
|
116
|
132
|
140
|
130
|
150
|
148
|
|
Wiltshire
|
134
|
105
|
88
|
89
|
71
|
71
|
78
|
80
|
74
|
72
|
69
|
|
Dyfed Powys
|
70
|
71
|
67
|
65
|
61
|
77
|
62
|
58
|
79
|
68
|
72
|
|
Gwent
|
70
|
59
|
64
|
68
|
66
|
57
|
60
|
71
|
74
|
86
|
64
|
|
North Wales
|
72
|
90
|
97
|
92
|
67
|
83
|
75
|
73
|
65
|
57
|
56
|
|
South Wales
|
134
|
176
|
169
|
155
|
143
|
138
|
125
|
139
|
134
|
130
|
115
|
