2024/27688 - Firearm and Shotgun Certificates 2023

REQUEST

Could you please provide the following information:
1. The average time from application to grant of a firearm certificate in the calendar
year 2023
2. The average time from application to grant of a shotgun certificate in the calendar
year 2023
Although the Home Office publishes annual statistics on firearm licensing (see
https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%
2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Ffirearm-and-shotgun-certificates-april-2023-tomarch-
2024%2Fstatistics-on-firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-england-and-walesapril-
2023-to-march-
2024&data=05%7C02%7CFOI%40gwent.police.uk%7C18bc08abddde43facab208d
cc80c83d0%7Ce46c8472ef5d4b63bc744a60db42c371%7C0%7C0%7C6386052033
13342090%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2lu
MzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=q0vpItoESIL
qBNdMFWfGza1q7vpXBeK%2Bb6xPJ4KNZ6c%3D&reserved=0), the information I
am requesting is not included in these statistics and therefore not already publicly
available.

RESPONSE