Police: Firearms
Commons · Question 87522 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Sarah Jones, 11 Nov 2025
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...