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Firearms: Licensing

Commons · Question 40356 · Tabled 21 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Morris

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

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 31 Mar 2025

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 ...