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Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland, 2012
Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland, 2012
Table 2: Firearm Certificates - new applications, renewals, variations, cancellations, revocations and number of firearm certificates on issue by police force area, Scotland, as at 31 December 2012
Number and rate
| Police Force Area | Applications |
Cancellations2 | Revocations2 | Firearm certificates on issue | Firearm certificates on issue per 100,000 population3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Firearm Certificate |
Renewal of Firearm Certificate |
Variation of Firearm Certificate | ||||||||
| Granted | Refused | Granted | Refused | Fee Charged1 | No Fee Charged | |||||
| Central | 46 | - | 200 | - | 36 | 38 | 47 | - | 921 | 311 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 70 | - | 542 | - | 68 | 99 | 146 | - | 2,000 | 1,351 |
| Fife | 61 | - | 249 | - | 17 | 25 | 69 | 1 | 1,097 | 299 |
| Grampian | 185 | 2 | 1,007 | - | 196 | 116 | 241 | 1 | 4,466 | 804 |
| Lothian & Borders | 155 | 5 | 891 | - | 90 | 144 | 153 | 5 | 3,634 | 378 |
| Northern | 294 | 3 | 1,657 | - | 273 | 626 | 259 | 8 | 6,699 | 2,301 |
| Strathclyde | 182 | 1 | 815 | 4 | 35 | 86 | 202 | 4 | 3,773 | 169 |
| Tayside | 144 | 1 | 884 | 1 | 162 | 80 | 110 | 1 | 3,112 | 767 |
| Scotland | 1,137 | 12 | 6,245 | 5 | 877 | 1,214 | 1,227 | 20 | 25,702 | 489 |
Notes:
1. For further information on when a fee is charged for a variation of a firearm certificate please see Note 4.4.2.
2. For further information on cancellation and revocations of firearm or shotgun certificates please see Note 4.2.8.
3. Population estimates are as at mid-year 2011 from the National Records of Scotland. The mid-year 2012 population estimates are scheduled for publication in summer 2013. (http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/mid-year/index.html)
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