Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted for being in possession of a (a) firearm and (b) weapon in each of the last three years.

The number of people convicted for being in possession of a (a) firearm and (b) weapon in each of the last three years can be found in the ‘Outcomes by Offence’ tool.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707811/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017.xlsx

filter ‘type of defendant’ and select ‘Person’.

For (a), filter ‘Offence’ and select:

‘10A Possession of firearms with intent,

10B.1 Possession of firearms offences - indictable only,

10B.2 Possession of firearms offences - triable either way’.

The number of convicted will answer part (a) of the question.

For (b), filter ‘Offence group’ and select ‘Possession of weapons’.

The number of convicted will answer part (b) of the question.