The information is not available centrally in the form requested. The number of police operations in which firearms were authorised to be used in each force area in the last 10 years, and the overall number of incidents where a conventional firearm was used, are shown in the following tables.
1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Total 12,379 11,842 10,928 10,915 11,109 13,991 14,827 16,657 15,981 18,891 Avon and Somerset 312 139 88 90 65 195 262 311 333 247 Bedfordshire 345 323 260 190 294 237 301 442 475 575 Cambridgeshire 54 96 43 75 71 114 57 104 241 201 Cheshire 288 216 299 386 545 419 451 397 358 367 Cleveland 1,026 103 35 76 28 37 170 453 530 657 City of London 308 307 147 125 3 40 131 364 404 323 Cumbria 72 68 52 24 30 71 77 72 152 112 Derbyshire 109 147 176 178 167 275 401 369 287 305 Devon and Cornwall 160 133 61 65 151 101 96 112 71 84 Dorset 36 54 69 79 174 184 193 231 223 263 Durham 131 103 114 114 40 89 83 156 144 291 Essex 331 505 590 497 435 323 312 275 296 432 Gloucestershire 41 51 52 52 48 165 185 127 176 229 Greater Manchester 214 165 160 224 357 580 518 507 461 478 Hampshire 245 217 129 103 114 198 162 208 237 289 Hertfordshire 96 82 75 73 86 112 172 195 185 187 Humberside 291 472 317 193 158 297 187 183 206 362 Kent 236 423 92 85 83 115 137 207 163 219 Lancashire 333 338 616 267 242 232 238 318 241 240 Leicestershire 155 89 109 222 217 300 268 295 260 363 Lincolnshire 58 52 57 155 336 477 392 386 294 220 Merseyside 671 675 484 489 825 1,020 628 751 733 669 Metropolitan 2,439 2,578 2,742 2,862 1,862 2,447 3,199 3,563 2,964 4,711 Norfolk 166 128 185 239 226 175 200 178 195 175 Northamptonshire 64 77 51 57 58 43 138 148 158 137 Northumbria 1,360 823 683 465 708 1,440 1,275 1,140 977 611 North Yorkshire 65 102 69 612 72 92 100 147 185 183 Nottinghamshire 84 306 266 255 233 384 452 459 408 394 South Yorkshire 155 302 135 237 127 258 463 484 546 749 Staffordshire 257 240 209 174 203 232 281 255 216 171 Suffolk 180 193 174 165 176 163 270 251 153 202 Surrey 133 87 60 143 221 245 247 203 151 222 Sussex 235 330 123 185 353 248 204 280 187 190 Thames Valley 215 227 158 110 153 179 167 195 289 427 Warwickshire 97 152 291 194 233 130 149 164 124 180 West Mercia 106 132 130 110 36 117 91 197 162 122 West Midlands 270 227 305 362 485 822 902 1,377 1,264 1,044 West Yorkshire 617 630 662 813 822 757 604 575 853 1,335 Wiltshire 26 26 24 19 66 45 58 63 88 139 Dyfed Powys 17 27 38 37 18 28 29 28 51 63 Gwent 89 86 64 39 30 20 37 40 81 94 North Wales 233 310 386 371 195 302 259 197 223 350 South Wales 59 101 148 255 363 283 281 250 236 279
1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Incidents 5 3 5 7 9 11 10 4 5 9 Percentage of incidents compared with number of authorised operations 0.040 0.025 0.046 0.064 0.0 81 0.079 0.067 0.024 0.031 0.048