Written Question·Home Office·UIN 89870

Offensive Weapons: Crime

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2025 to Question 66600 on Slingshots: Regulation, what information her Department holds on the number of criminal offences committed of using a (a) catapult and (b) s

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Home Office does not hold information on the number of police recorded offences that involved hand-held catapults or slingshots.