Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of weapons seized at the border were (a) prohibited firearms (b) 50 calibre firearms; and if he will make a statement.

Border Force detects imports of firearms, detaining those which are prohibited, or ostensibly unlicensed or irregularly imported. In financial year 17/18 Border Force seized 2490 firearms.

All prohibited firearms that are detected are seized. Border Force figures do not distinguish between firearms seized as prohibited weapons and restricted weapons seized due to irregular importation. Our data also does not recordthe calibre of firearms seized.