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Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many homicides involving (a) shotguns and (b) other firearms have taken place in each police force area in each of the last five years; and how many of the victims in each case were women.
Sir John Wheeler
[holding answer 13 July 1995]: The information is as follows:
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | Totals | |
| Homicides involving shotguns | ||||||
| Male | 0 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| Female | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Total | 1 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Homicides involving firearms other than shotguns | ||||||
| Male | 52 | 62 | 55 | 59 | 46 | 274 |
| Female | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| Total | 52 | 69 | 60 | 61 | 54 | 296 |