Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland, 2011

Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland, 2011


Table 2A. Firearm Certificates: cancellations and revocations in Scotland as at 31 December, 2002-2011

Number & Percentage

Firearm Certificates 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of certificates on issue 26,212 26,605 26,897 26,511 26,234 26,056 26,415 26,072 26,035 25,831
Number of cancellations1,2 2,241 657 772 1,372 1,389 1,327 653 1,312 1,112 1,279
Percentage of certificates cancelled from previous year 8.2 2.5 2.9 5.1 5.2 5.1 2.5 5.0 4.3 4.9
Number of revocations2 48 34 37 35 41 55 32 43 38 32
Percentage of certificates revoked from previous year3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

1. See Annex 5.4.
2. See Annex 5.8.
3. The percentage of certificates revoked as at 31 December 2010 was incorrectly reported as 0.2 in the previous bulletin. This figure has been revised to 0.1.

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