United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 40356
Firearms: Licensing
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21 March 2025
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31 March 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of firearms certificate holders is, what the percentage of licensing applications completed within four months is; and how many temporary permits were issued by the firearms lice
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21 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of firearms certificate holders is, what the percentage of licensing applications completed within four months is; and how many temporary permits were issued by the firearms lice
Source: Commons
31 March 2025
Answer
As at 31 March 2024, there were a total of 643,162 firearms certificates on issue in England and Wales. This was made up of 147,364 firearms certificates and 495,798 shotgun certificates on issue respectively. The issuing of firearms certificates and the ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-21/40356
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1787356
- uk · wq-1787356 · source updated 31 March 2025