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Table 4 Shot gun certificates : New applications (granted and refused) and certificates on issue at 31 December, 1999-2008
Scotland
Number
Year | Applications (1) for new shot gun certificate | Shot gun certificates on
issue at 31 December (2) | Number of shot guns
held on certificate |
|---|
Granted | Refused |
|---|
1999 | 1,107 | 35 | 62,919 | 127,494 |
|---|
2000 | 1,579 | 52 | 58,627 | 123,994 |
|---|
2001 | 1,806 | 34 | 54,634 | 121,472 |
|---|
2002 | 1,672 | 46 | 51,778 | 122,551 |
|---|
2003 | 1,618 | 38 | 52,421 | 125,395 |
|---|
2004 | 1,369 | 31 | 52,409 | 129,218 |
|---|
2005 | 1,833 | 26 | 51,029 | 129,630 |
|---|
2006 | 1,844 | 18 | 49,974 | 132,181 |
|---|
2007 | 1,860 | 31 | 49,213 | 133,940 |
|---|
2008 | 1,716 | 33 | 50,022 | 137,881 |
|---|
(1) 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.
(2) In 2001, Lothian & Borders implemented a fully computer-generated firearms certificates statistical return. This resulted in the number of firearm certificates, shotgun certificates (on issue) and registered firearms dealers at 31 December 2001 being recorded as very slightly lower than expected based on the equivalent figures recorded on 31 December 2000.
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