Revoked Firearm or Shotgun Licences 2019
Keywords
Revoked, Firearm, Shotgun, Licences, Issuing, Entitled, Appeal, Court, Lodged, Case, Concluded, Judge, Ruled, Favour, Appellant, Returned, Holder.
Publication Number
PUB 1422
FOI Reference Number
16411
Request Title
Revoked Firearm or Shotgun Licences 2019
Date Range
2019
Information Requested
I am writing to submit a Freedom of Information Act request for data concerning firearm and shotgun licences.
Any person who has a firearm or shotgun licence revoked by an issuing police force is entitled to appeal that revocation in court.
For the 2019 calendar year, please tell me:
1) did the force return any revoked firearm or shotgun licences to a person once the force had been notified that the former licence holder had lodged an appeal in court, but before that court case was concluded and before a judge had ruled in favour of the appellant?
2) how many a) firearm and b) shotgun licences did the force return to people who had previously had their licences revoked? (please provide a total count of licences returned, regardless of whether any appeal was lodged with a court)
3) how many a) firearm and b) shotgun licences that were returned after being revoked were returned once the former holder of the licence had lodged an appeal at court?
4) of the a) firearm and b) shotgun licences that were returned after the licence holder had lodged an appeal at court, how many were returned once that appeal was underway but before it had reached a conclusion?
For questions 2 to 4, please provide a separate count for firearms and shotguns.
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure
Information Correct as at
11 March 2022
Date of Disclosure
14 March 2022
Related Documents/Links
FOI 16411 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, Essex Police can confirm in respect of Section 1(1)(b) the following data:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 11 March 2022.
1) Did the force return any revoked firearm or shotgun licences to a person once the force had been notified that the former licence holder had lodged an appeal in court, but before that court case was concluded and before a judge had ruled in favour of the appellant?
1 x Shotgun certificate.
2) How many a) firearm and b) shotgun licences did the force return to people who had previously had their licences revoked? (please provide a total count of licences returned, regardless of whether any appeal was lodged with a court)
Nil for both.
3) How many a) firearm and b) shotgun licences that were returned after being revoked were returned once the former holder of the licence had lodged an appeal at court?
1 x Shotgun certificate.
4) Of the a) firearm and b) shotgun licences that were returned after the licence holder had lodged an appeal at court, how many were returned once that appeal was underway but before it had reached a conclusion?
Nil for both.
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
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