asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in the Official Report setting out the number of (a) applications, (b) renewals and (c) variations of firearms certificates dealt with in each of the last six years or financial years; and how many in each year were (i) granted and (ii) refused.

[pursuant to his reply, 12 June 1985, c. 479]: The information is as follows:

I understand a copy was sent by the Law Society to the Lord Chancellor's Department for information on 31 May.