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Firearms

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are in possession of a (a) double barrel, (b) pump action and (c) multi-shot shotgun in England.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 14 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 16 Oct 2025
Answer: 22 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are in possession of a (a) double barrel, (b) pump action and (c) multi-shot shotgun in England.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Home Office publishes data on the number of firearms held, including shotguns, by the type of firearms certificate held. This data does not provide a specific breakdown on the type of shotgun. The latest data can be found in the table 13 via the follo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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