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The Government and police work nationally, and with international partners, to reduce the threat to the UK from the criminal use of firearms. In 2013/14, firearms were used in a small proportion of total police recorded crime, 0.2%. The figure for 2009/10 was 0.3% <\/em><\/ins><\/p> <\/em><\/ins><\/p> Figures from the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) show that in 2013 and 2014, there were 757 weapons recovered in firearm surrenders undertaken in the Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester and West Midlands Police Force areas. <\/em><\/ins><\/p> <\/em><\/ins><\/p> Building on the success of these surrenders, NABIS co-ordinated firearms surrenders in the majority of the remaining Police Force areas in England and Wales during 2014 and 2015, resulting in the recovery of 5,468 weapons and over 17,000 items of ammunition. The items recovered included:<\/em><\/ins><\/p> <\/em><\/ins><\/p> <\/em><\/ins><\/p> The total number of weapons recovered from all forces in England and Wales as a result of these surrenders was 6,225. <\/em><\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/p> Following publication of the Law Commission\u2019s report on firearms law published on 16 December 2015 we will be reviewing options to strengthen the current legislation to ensure it safeguards against abuse by criminals<\/em>.<\/ins><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/79431/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/ins><\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/p> This Government has taken action to end the cautions culture and to make sure serious offenders do not receive penalties seen as soft options. The use of cautions is at its lowest point for thirty years.<\/ins><\/p> We are changing the law to ban simple cautions for all of the indictable only offences - the most serious criminal offences which must be tried in the Crown Court, including rape, manslaughter and robbery. We are also banning simple cautions for possession of a knife or offensive weapon, supplying Class A drugs and a range of sexual offences against children. <\/ins><\/p> Further, we announced proposals in November 2014 for a new out of court disposal framework that would see an end to cautions and warnings and would require offenders to take actions to comply with their disposals. Elements of this new framework are being piloted in Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and Leicestershire before a decision is taken on whether to implement the new framework across England and Wales. <\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/p> The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. The latest guidance, issued in November 2013 following the Simple Cautions Review, states that the use of a simple caution for indictable-only offences, such as rape, should only be given following authorisation by a senior police officer of at least the rank of Superintendent and the Crown Prosecution Service. These will be cases where there are exceptional circumstances which would mean that it is not in the public interest to prosecute.<\/ins><\/p>The Government and police work nationally, and with international partners, to reduce the threat to the UK from the criminal use of firearms. In 2013/14, firearms were used in a small and diminishing proportion of total police recorded crime, 0.2%. The figure for 2009/10 was 0.3%. Following the firearms surrenders in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands in 2013 and 2014, the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) co-ordinated firearms surrenders in the majority of the Police Force areas in England and Wales during 2014 and 2015, resulting in the surrender of over 6000 items.<\/del><\/p>As of 7th January 2016; 3,864 firearms and over 13,000 items of ammunition have been recovered following the November 2015 firearms surrender, with 934 weapons being recovered prior to the November surrender. Of those items recovered in the November surrender (discounting ammunition, CS Sprays and Stun Guns), items include:<\/del><\/p>\u2022 516 pistols;<\/del><\/p>\u2022 473 revolvers;<\/del><\/p>\u2022 1,226 shotguns;<\/del><\/p>\u2022 243 rifles;<\/del><\/p>\u2022 873 air weapons<\/del><\/p>This brings the total volume of firearms surrendered in the last eighteen months to 4,798. If ammunition, CS Sprays and Stun Guns are included this comes to over 6000.<\/del><\/p>Following publication of the Law Commission\u2019s report on firearms law published on 16 December we will be reviewing options to strengthen the current legislation to ensure it safeguards against abuse by criminals.<\/del><\/p>
companies, sole traders, partnerships and franchises.
The government is committed to taking effective action against employers of illegal workers. Illegal working drives illegal immigration which leads to exploitation of workers and is also linked to non payment of the national
minimum wage, harmful working conditions and tax evasion. Illegal working also undercuts legitimate businesses and adversely impacts on the employment of people who are lawfully resident in the UK.
The government has therefore taken measures to strengthen our approach to rogue employers. In 2014, we doubled the maximum civil penalty that can be levied against an employer to £20,000 per illegal worker and we used the Immigration Act 2014 to make it easier to enforce unpaid penalties in the courts. We have also extended our enforcement reach by working more closely across government departments to identify where illegal working is taking place and to enforce a range of sanctions against employers of illegal workers.<\/p>Financial year <\/ins><\/td> Civil penalties issued <\/ins><\/td> Employers issued with civil penalties <\/ins><\/td><\/tr> 2009-10<\/ins><\/td> 2,339<\/ins><\/td> 2,254<\/ins><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/ins><\/td> 1,899<\/ins><\/td> 1,849<\/ins><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/ins><\/td> 1,341<\/ins><\/td> 1,317<\/ins><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/ins><\/td> 1,270<\/ins><\/td> 1,247<\/ins><\/td><\/tr> 2013-14<\/ins><\/td> 2,150<\/ins><\/td> 2,090<\/ins><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>