Firearms Licenses

  • Reference Number: 2911
  • Date released: 24 January 2011

Request

  1. The number of shotgun licenses issued by the police force to under 18s in each of the last 3 calendar years.
  2. Please provide a breakdown by year and age of the individual
  3. For any licences issued to individuals under the age of 12, please state the age of the youngest individual given a licence.

Response

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

Question 1

2008 67
2009 44
2010 39

Question 2

2010  
1 x  10 years
3 x 11 years
4 x  13 years
9 x  14 years
6 x  15 years
8 x  16 years
7 x  17 years
2009  
1 x 10 years
2 x 12 years
3 x 13 years
13 x  14 years
5 x 15 years
9 x  16 years
11 x 17 years
2008  
2 x 10 years
2 x 11 years
2 x 12 years
8 x  13 years
8 x  14 years
13 x  15 years
11 x  16 years
19 x  17 years

Question 3: Please see question 2.

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