Firearms: Licensing

(asked on 5th December 2024) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sound moderators are held on firearms certificates.


Answered by
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 13th December 2024

The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the number of sound moderators.

The latest available data is for the year ending 31 March 2024 and can be accessed at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/firearm-certificates-in-england-and-wales.

As at 31 March 2024, 33% of the 624,245 firearms covered by a firearm certificate in England and Wales were sound moderators.

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