Written Question·Home Office·UIN 87522

Police: Firearms

Tabled: 3 November 2025

Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers are qualitied to use firearms in each year since 2018.

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the number of armed officers, and the proportion of armed officers relative to the total number of police officers, in the statistical publication on the police use of firearms.The latest avai...

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