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Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland, 2011

Number & Rate

Police Force Area	Applications				Cancellations¹	Revocations¹	Shotgun certificates on issue	Shotgun certificates on issue per 100,000 population²
	New Shotgun Certificate		Renewal of Shotgun Certificate
	Granted	Refused	Granted	Refused
Central	77	1	535	-	111	-	2,147	731
Dumfries & Galloway	117	4	1,065	-	191	1	4,245	2,865
Fife	98	1	643	-	146	3	2,648	725
Grampian	241	1	2,231	1	461	1	8,663	1,573
Lothian & Borders	321	11	1,917	3	342	22	7,979	840
Northern	312	10	2,254	5	401	13	8,536	2,940
Strathclyde	341	4	2,176	-	487	4	8,800	396
Tayside	229	9	1,619	-	283	8	5,708	1,418
SCOTLAND	1,736	41	12,440	9	2,422	52	48,726	933

1. See Annex 5.8.
2. Based on mid-2010 population estimates for Scotland (General Register Office for Scotland).

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