House of Lords written question – answered at on 19 March 2012.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) firearms, and (2) shotgun, temporary permits were issued under the terms of the Firearms Act 1968 to holders of (a) expiring, or (b) expired, certificates in each of the last 24 months in each police force area, according to the information held on the National Firearms Licensing Management system computer.
The information requested is not collected centrally.
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Mike E.
Posted on 20 Mar 2012 11:46 am (Report this annotation)
The National Firearms Licensing Management [computer] System (NFLMS) is - by it's very title - NATIONAL, so anyone with access could interrogate the system to get the statistics.
The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) are central, and have control of NFLMS.