Home Department written question – answered at on 20 November 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much he estimates has been payable under the firearms compensation scheme.
There were 72,000 claims received from 55,000 individuals who handed in 162,198 handguns and 700 tonnes of ammunition under the terms of the firearms compensation scheme.
Compensation payments currently stand at just over £90 million.
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