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25.
Mr. Syms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much compensation for handguns he estimates will have been paid to gun owners in 1997–98. [30363]
Mr. Michael
Over £35 million has been paid out in compensation and this is likely to rise to between £40 million and £50 million by the end of the 1997–98 financial year.
Mr. Letwin
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of claims for firearms compensation under Options A and B had been met by 20 February. [32072]
Mr. Michael
Around two thirds of the claims received under Options A and B of the large calibre handgun surrender scheme, including the Option A and B elements of mixed claims also involving Option C, had been approved for payment by 20 February.