Firearm Certificates Statistics, Scotland, 2003
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FIREARM CERTIFICATES STATISTICS, SCOTLAND, 2003
Firearm certificates : Applications for new and renewals (granted and refused); variations, cancellations, revocations and certificates on issue at 31 December 2003, by police force area | Table 2 |
Number & Rate |
Police force area | Applications | Cancellations (2) | Revocations (2) | Firearm certificates on issue at 31 December | Firearm certificates on issue at 31 December per 100,000 popn (3) |
New firearm certificate | Renewal of firearm certificate | Variation of firearm certificate |
Granted | Refused | Granted | Refused | Fee (1) Charged | No Fee Charged |
Central | 26 | - | 23 | - | 24 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 927 | 331 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 90 | 1 | 44 | - | 55 | 76 | 50 | 4 | 2,162 | 1,468 |
Fife | 56 | - | 21 | - | 39 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 1,220 | 348 |
Grampian | 191 | 1 | 128 | - | 134 | 116 | 159 | 2 | 4,525 | 865 |
Lothian & Borders | 141 | - | 111 | - | 98 | 115 | 87 | 7 | 3,590 | 405 |
Northern | 231 | 8 | 143 | 3 | 190 | 350 | 115 | 9 | 7,236 | 2,627 |
Strathclyde | 151 | 1 | 112 | 6 | 167 | 182 | 109 | 2 | 3,832 | 174 |
Tayside | 137 | 3 | 954 | 1 | 92 | 148 | 93 | 3 | 3,113 | 803 |
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All forces | 1,023 | 14 | 1,536 | 10 | 799 | 1,042 | 657 | 34 | 26,605 | 526 |
(1) A fee is charged where a variation increases the number of firearms authorised by the certificate.
(2) Cancellation of a certificate is undertaken by the holder; revocations are at the authority of the Chief Constable and occur in instances where it is believed the holder should no longer be allowed to possess a firearm.
(3) Population as at mid-June 2002. Population estimates for 2003 were not available at the time of going to press.
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