United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 192520
Firearms and Knives: Death
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5 July 2023
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12 July 2023 · Answer
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12 July 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths have been caused by (a) licenced firearms, (b) unlicensed firearms and (c) bladed weapons in the last five years.
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5 July 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths have been caused by (a) licenced firearms, (b) unlicensed firearms and (c) bladed weapons in the last five years.
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12 July 2023
Answer
The Home Office collects data on homicides by method of killing in England and Wales. The latest data available, from April 2021 to March 2022, shows that there were 282 homicides involving a sharp instrument.For the same period there were 9 homicides inv...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-07-05/192520
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1650541
- uk · wq-1650541 · source updated 12 July 2023