Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun certificates have been issued and are active for pump action (a) shotguns and (b) rifles in England as of 18 February 2022.

The information requested is not collated as part of the annual statistical publication.

However, based on management information, as at 18 February 2022, there were 23,955 current certificates for pump-action shotguns and 1,918 current certificates for pump-action rifles on issue in England.

This data is not quality assured to the standards of the annual statistical publication.