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777853

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gun Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any civilian target shooting club in the UK is approved by her Department to use armour piercing or explosive ammunition.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	109587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">A small number of shooting clubs are approved to use firearms which use armour-piercing ammunition.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The possession of armour-piercing or explosive ammunition is prohibited under section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 and can only be used with the</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">authority of the Secretary of State. No such authority has been granted for the use of such ammunition by civilian target shooting clubs.</ins></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/11/2017 13:26:14 question first ministerially corrected 17/11/2017 16:44:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 19267 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

788582

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Rifles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's approved shooting clubs use .50 calibre rifles for target shooting.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	112725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>No shooting clubs approved by the Secretary of State are authorised to use .50 calibre rifles for target shooting although some club members do shoot these rifles under the authority of their own personal firearms certificate.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/11/2017 08:10:52 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

777854

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Rifles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met representatives of the (a) FCSA UK club or (b) National Rifle Association to discuss her Department's proposals on banning .50 calibre rifles.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	109591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>On 14 October the Government launched a public consultation on proposals to strengthen controls on offensive and dangerous weapons, including the prohibition of two types of firearm: .50 calibre ‘materiel destruction’ rifles and rapid fire rifles, such as the VZ58 Manually Actuated Release System (MARS) rifle. The consultation closes on 9 December.</p><p>The Fifty Calibre Shooters Association has requested a meeting with officials to discuss the proposals and this is being arranged. We have not had a similar request from the National Rifle Association but would welcome their views.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/11/2017 13:27:06 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

788581

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Rifles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the cost and availability of ammunition for .50 calibre rifles in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	112724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information about the cost or availability of ammunition for .50 calibre rifles in the UK beyond that which is advertised commercially. The ammunition is subject to control under section 1 of the Firearms Act 1968 and a person wishing to purchase or to home load their own ammunition must hold a valid firearm certificate issued by the police.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/11/2017 08:10:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

769898

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms offences committed in the UK involved the use of (a) .50 calibre bolt-action rifles, (b) .22lr calibre semi-automatic rifles and (c) semi-automatic shotguns in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	107606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office holds information on the number of offences involving a firearm recorded by the police in England and Wales but does not hold information on the calibre of the weapons used in these offences.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of offences involving a firearm by type of weapon is published on a quarterly basis in the Office for National Statistics ‘Crime in England and Wales’ bulletin (Table 8), available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/10/2017 16:10:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

788580

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Rifles: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on reasons accepted by police licensing authorities to issue firearms certificates for .50 calibre rifles.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	112726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The firearms licensing function in respect of firearm and shotgun certificates is administered by the police. The Home Office does not hold information in relation to those firearms applications. However, in general terms, before granting or renewing a certificate, the chief officer of police must be satisfied that the applicant can be permitted to have the firearm(s)/ammunition in their possession without danger to the public safety or to the peace. There is a range of legitimate reasons to hold firearms in this country, which includes target shooting with these rifles.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/11/2017 08:12:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1121879

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason rural police forces receive less police funding than urban police forces.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	245733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>There is no specific definition of “rural” or “urban” forces used by the Home Office in determining the distribution of police funding. Many police forces contain a mixture of urban and rural areas. Some of the socio-demographic indicators used to determine the distribution of police funding by force area include measures of population density, while a small proportion of total funding is distributed based on sparsity.</p><p><br>More information on the distribution formula is included in the Police Grant Report published annually at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-finance%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-finance </a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/04/2019 12:47:22 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

777855

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gun Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to formally approve target shooting clubs; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	109592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>To be approved by the Home Office, shooting clubs must comply with the criteria for approval as published under the terms of section 15(3) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/11/2017 13:27:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski