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Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many thefts of (a) shotguns and (b) other firearms took place in each of the last five years (i) from domestic premises and (ii) from other premises in each police force area. [34188]
Sir John Wheeler
[holding answer 13 July 1995]: The information is as follows:
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | Total | |
| Thefts of shotguns | ||||||
| Thefts of shotguns from domestic premises | 44 | 37 | 54 | 36 | 54 | 225 |
| Thefts of shotguns from non-domestic premises | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Total | 47 | 39 | 55 | 40 | 55 | 236 |
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | Total | |
| Thefts of other firearms | ||||||
| Thefts of firearms other than shotguns from domestic premises | 21 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 43 | 139 |
| Thefts of firearms other than shotguns from non-domestic premises | 18 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 100 |
| Total | 39 | 52 | 31 | 45 | 72 | 239 |
Note:
There may be incidents in which more than one type of firearm was stolen, eg a shotgun and a rifle. For the purposes of this analysts such incidents are recorded once under each heading.