Firearms Licences in Cheshire

  • Reference Number: 2668
  • Date released: 01 September 2010

Request

How many people living in Cheshire have a license to have a firearm.

If you could give me the figures for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 (if available) or as many of the years' figures as your budget allows.

Response

In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

The information you have requested for 2007 to 2009 is reasonably accessible to you by other means and is therefore exempt information in accordance with section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. please see the Police records of firearm certificates page on the Home Office website Police.

In so far as figures for 2010 are concerned these are not yet available. However they will also be published by the Home Office in March 2011.

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