§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many revocations and cancellations there 589W were for (i) shotgun and (ii) firearm licences for each police force in Scotland, for each of the last five years for which figures are available; what were the reasons for such actions; how many appeals there were in each year and police force area; and how many were successful. [32955]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe number of shotgun and firearms licences revoked or cancelled in Scotland in each of the last five years, for which statistics are available, is set out in the table. The reasons for such actions are not recorded centrally nor is the number of appeals.
Force 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Shotgun certificates revoked Central 5 3 5 2 4 Dumfries and Galloway 4 11 12 1 2 Fife 6 12 3 6 4 Grampian 22 11 12 28 16 Lothian and Borders 28 13 5 9 3 Northern 9 8 3 10 10 Strathclyde 20 23 28 23 17 Tayside 11 14 20 15 5 All forces 105 95 88 94 61 Firearms certificates revoked Central 2 2 1 1 1 Dumfries and Galloway 3 4 1 0 0 Fife 2 1 2 1 2 Grampian 10 3 4 9 5 Lothian and Borders 7 4 2 5 1 Northern 9 6 8 10 6 Strathclyde 7 6 4 2 4 Tayside 5 6 12 5 4 All forces 45 32 34 33 23 Shotgun certificates cancelled Central 564 467 310 225 246 Dumfries and Galloway 649 717 422 295 224 Fife 1,243 610 413 215 275 Grampian 1,521 1,275 997 717 714 Lothian and Borders 1,100 1,312 976 586 583 Northern 1,208 997 957 593 547 Strathclyde 2,707 2,555 2,007 995 966 Tayside 789 708 546 431 428 All forces 9,781 8,641 6,628 4,057 3,983 Firearms certificates cancelled Central 105 85 51 63 63 Dumfries and Galloway 375 218 197 113 106 Fife 334 133 111 88 88 Grampian 693 697 382 283 281 Lothian and Borders 529 314 328 246 205 Northern 594 578 430 379 300 Strathclyde 516 456 383 273 250 Tayside 266 134 215 157 160 All forces 3,412 2,615 2,097 1,602 1,453