PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Crime: Airguns (5 February 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of young people under the age of 18 charged with air weapons offences.
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Answer
The Home Office collects data from the police in England and Wales on crimes recorded and on the outcomes of investigations. However, it is not possible to separately identify offences involving air weapons.
A separate special collection on offences involving firearms does not collect information on charges.
Answered by:
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
12 February 2020
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