The statistics for 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 show that the number of police operations in which firearms were authorised was 18,053.
The police discharged a conventional firearm in three incidents.
Armed response vehicles were deployed on 14,530 occasions and there were 6,728 authorised firearms officers in England and Wales.
Full details are set out in the tables below:
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 TOTAL 13991 14827 16657 15981 18891 18053 AVON & SOMERSET 195 262 311 333 247 285 BEDFORDSHIRE 237 301 442 475 575 684 CAMBRIDGESHIRE 114 57 104 241 201 207 CHESHIRE 419 451 397 358 367 340 CLEVELAND 37 170 453 530 657 293 CITY OF LONDON 40 131 364 404 323 239 CUMBRIA 71 77 72 152 112 92 DERBYSHIRE 275 401 369 287 305 223 DEVON & CORNWALL 101 96 112 71 84 80 DORSET 184 193 231 223 263 354 DURHAM 89 83 156 144 291 340 ESSEX 323 312 275 296 432 245 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 165 185 127 176 229 280 GTR MANCHESTER 580 518 507 461 478 481 HAMPSHIRE 198 162 208 237 289 352 HERTFORDSHIRE 112 172 195 185 187 280 HUMBERSIDE 297 187 183 206 362 235 KENT 115 137 207 163 219 170 LANCASHIRE 232 238 318 241 240 410 LEICESTERSHIRE 300 268 295 260 363 334 LINCOLNSHIRE 477 392 386 294 220 157 MERSEYSIDE 1020 628 751 733 669 727 METROPOLITAN 2447 3199 3563 2964 4711 3878 NORFOLK 175 200 178 195 175 153 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 43 138 148 158 137 156 NORTHUMBRIA 1440 1275 1140 977 611 332 NORTH YORKSHIRE 92 100 147 185 183 282 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 384 452 459 408 394 289 SOUTH YORKSHIRE 258 463 484 546 749 737 STAFFORDSHIRE 232 281 255 216 171 250 SUFFOLK 163 270 251 153 202 256 SURREY 245 247 203 151 222 222 SUSSEX 248 204 280 187 190 201 THAMES VALLEY 179 167 195 289 427 264 WARWICKSHIRE 130 149 164 124 180 162 WEST MERCIA 117 91 197 162 122 155 WEST MIDLANDS 822 902 1377 1264 1044 1557 WEST YORKSHIRE 757 604 575 853 1335 1272 WILTSHIRE 45 58 63 88 139 226 DYFED POWYS 28 29 28 51 63 72 GWENT 20 37 40 81 94 133 NORTH WALES 302 259 197 223 350 340 SOUTH WALES 283 281 250 236 279 308
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 TOTAL 5776 5763 6096 6243 6584 6728 AVON & SOMERSET 116 84 122 118 117 103 BEDFORDSHIRE 48 53 58 56 59 57 CAMBRIDGESHIRE 56 71 60 60 50 46 CHESHIRE 81 89 75 76 73 80 CLEVELAND 85 80 95 100 100 105 CITY OF LONDON 73 72 86 89 86 45 CUMBRIA 92 87 89 90 89 90 DERBYSHIRE 80 69 70 74 75 69 DEVON & CORNWALL 108 115 132 123 122 132 DORSET 57 59 60 64 62 67 DURHAM 86 102 97 103 100 102 ESSEX 180 184 186 202 205 220 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 71 80 82 93 92 94 GTR MANCHESTER 219 202 205 187 245 217 HAMPSHIRE 87 94 94 92 97 83 HERTFORDSHIRE 46 47 50 53 52 49 HUMBERSIDE 96 96 96 101 92 83 KENT 113 93 90 94 94 98 LANCASHIRE 138 129 122 115 123 103 LEICESTERSHIRE 69 68 51 53 59 67 LINCOLNSHIRE 91 87 78 86 87 75 MERSEYSIDE 78 84 94 93 129 139 METROPOLITAN 1805 1823 2060 2134 2331 2584 NORFOLK 104 109 114 125 119 127 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 51 56 52 50 56 59 NORTHUMBRIA 125 99 90 93 98 92 NORTH YORKSHIRE 66 64 60 56 78 67 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 136 131 138 138 149 146 SOUTH YORKSHIRE 92 100 98 122 116 118 STAFFORDSHIRE 71 63 67 76 70 82 SUFFOLK 90 80 96 88 84 78 SURREY 62 48 53 49 51 45 SUSSEX 120 141 134 130 129 129 THAMES VALLEY 156 180 172 176 180 186 WARWICKSHIRE 50 51 46 53 55 59 WEST MERCIA 125 ill1 139 141 152 133 WEST MIDLANDS 111 110 124 134 145 175 WEST YORKSHIRE 116 132 140 130 150 148 WILTSHIRE 71 78 80 74 72 69 DYFED POWYS 77 62 58 79 68 72 GWENT 57 60 71 74 86 64 NORTH WALES 83 75 73 65 57 56 SOUTH WALES 138 125 139 134 130 115
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 TOTAL 11574 11848 13218 13137 14355 14530 AVON & SOMERSET 173 215 249 312 167 192 BEDFORDSHIRE 172 269 414 419 534 654 CAMBRIDGESHIRE 43 45 155 172 160 172 CHESHIRE 523 337 356 773 807 793 CLEVELAND 13 63 86 154 285 290 CITY OF LONDON 39 131 364 275 234 183 CUMBRIA 53 45 65 134 90 72 DERBYSHIRE 253 363 312 254 257 183 DEVON & CORNWALL 76 32 94 54 54 76 DORSET 182 180 215 195 246 322 DURHAM 57 66 96 91 256 204 ESSEX 165 176 138 138 155 224 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 140 166 109 121 145 213 GTR MANCHESTER 528 406 440 364 306 214 HAMPSHIRE 116 108 128 167 178 270 HERTFORDSHIRE 81 129 157 155 160 226 HUMBERSIDE 273 170 158 184 335 232 KENT 89 132 193 124 183 373 LANCASHIRE 192 185 273 228 232 383 LEICESTERSHIRE 292 232 269 232 328 313 LINCOLNSHIRE 470 367 355 276 210 147 MERSEYSIDE 974 547 687 677 611 644 METROPOLITAN 1667 2447 2423 2322 2572 2770 NORFOLK 157 186 169 163 149 133 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 25 90 99 89 101 119 NORTHUMBRIA 1349 1204 1063 893 585 299 NORTH YORKSHIRE 60 67 110 144 208 268 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 333 397 404 336 342 256 SOUTH YORKSHIRE 221 280 372 438 632 522 STAFFORDSHIRE 208 241 212 183 154 222 SUFFOLK 116 160 194 119 149 204 SURREY 225 240 190 140 204 209 SUSSEX 189 171 250 163 162 165 THAMES VALLEY 174 167 179 265 355 227 WARWICKSHIRE 104 31 138 102 144 121 WEST MERCIA 100 111 241 152 94 120 WEST MIDLANDS 563 592 975 952 745 518 WEST YORKSHIRE 609 565 543 656 1040 1048 WILTSHIRE 43 39 28 54 124 190 DYFED POWYS 28 29 28 48 55 72 GWENT 16 16 23 74 85 109 NORTH WALES 265 198 153 180 299 295 SOUTH WALES 218 253 161 165 223 283