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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...