Home Office written question – answered at on 22 June 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shotgun and firearms permit holders there were in each of the last five years.
The table provided below contains statistics on the number of firearm and shotgun certificates on issue in England and Wales as at 31 March each year from 2009/10 to 2013/14.
Number of firearm and shotgun certificates on issue as at 31 March each year, England and Wales, 2009/10 to 2013/14 | ||||||
Firearm certificates on issue | Shotgun certificates on issue | |||||
2009/10 | 141,852 | 580,653 | ||||
2010/11 | 141,840 | 564,269 | ||||
2011/12 | 143,166 | 562,696 | ||||
2012/13 | 147,695 | 570,726 | ||||
2013/14 | 151,413 | 582,923 |
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