Victims and Courts Bill 2024-2025
The Bill is scheduled to have its second reading on 20 May 2025. This briefing provides background to the Bill, an overview of its main provisions and analysis of its proposals.
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Firearm Crime Statistics (101 KB , PDF)
This Standard Note summarises statistics relating to crimes recorded by the police in England, Wales iand Scotland in which firearms were reportedly used. Detailed information relating to firearm offences is published in annual bulletins by the Home Office and Scottish Government.
In England and Wales firearms were reportedly used in 11,227 offences, 0.3% of all recorded crimes. In Scotland the police recorded 643 offences which involved the alleged use of a firearm, a 24% decrease on 2009/10. The number of offences has fallen in each of the last four years
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Firearm Crime Statistics (101 KB , PDF)
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Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]: progress of the bill
The Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] is scheduled to have its report stage in the House of Commons on 7 May 2025.
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