Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of (a) wildlife crimes and (b) anti-social behaviour incidents recorded by police forces in England and Wales in which a (i) catapult and (ii) slingshot was used in each of the last five years by police force area.

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of notifiable offences (including wildlife crimes) and anti-social behaviour incidents, recorded by the police in England and Wales.

This information is published on a quarterly basis by the ONS, and can be accessed here:

Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables - Office for National Statistics

However, it is not possible to separately identify those incidents in which a catapult or slingshot was used.