Firearms: Licensing
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sound moderators are held on firearms certificates.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
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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