Firearms: Licensing
(asked on 20th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many European Firearms Passes were issued to firearms certificate holders in 2016.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office publishes financial year information on the number of European Firearms Passes in table 11 (see below) of the ‘Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales Statistics - Financial Year 2016/17’ publication.
This is available from the Home Office webpage on GOV.UK at:https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624004/firearm-shotgun-certificates-england-wales-march-2017-tables.ods
| Table 11 - European firearm passes: applications, cancellations and passes on issue, 2016/17 |
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APPLICATIONS | ||||
| Grant of new certificate | Renewal of certificate | Cancellations | Passes on issue as at 31 March 2017 |
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ENGLAND AND WALES | 1,866 | 3,072 | 895 | 15,519 |
European firearms pass is a passport for firearms for EU residents intending to take their firearm or shotgun to another EU state. | ||||