Written Question·Home Office·UIN 40356

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 21 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

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

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
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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