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Table 2A Firearm certificates : Number of cancellations (1)(2), revocations and certificates and percentage on issue at 31 December, 1999 - 2008
Number & Percentage
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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Number of certificates on issue at 31 December (3) | 30,356 | 28,778 | 27,302 | 26,212 | 26,605 | 26,897 | 26,511 | 26,234 | 26,056 | 26,416 |
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Number of cancellations | 777 | 2,752 | 2,651 | 2,241 | 657 | 772 | 1,372 | 1,389 | 1,327 | 653 |
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Percentage of number on issue at end of previous December | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 2.5 |
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Number of revocations | 74 | 48 | 44 | 48 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 41 | 55 | 31 |
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Percentage of number on issue at end of previous December | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
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(1) Figures for 1999, 2003 and 2004 are affected by changes in regulations. See Annex Note 10.
(2) A software problem on the Firearms Licensing system affected the figures returned by Fife police force in 2005 and 2006 in relation to the data on the numbers of applications, variations and cancellations which are not wholly consistent with the totals shown. The force resolved the problem for the provision of the 2007 data.
(3) In 2001, Lothian & Borders implemented a fully computer-generated firearms certificates statistical return. This resulted in the number of firearm certificates, shotgun certificates and registered firearms dealers at 31 December 2001 being recorded as very slightly lower than expected based on the equivalent figures recorded at 31 December 2000
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