Firearms licensing appeals 1109/2025
FOI Reference: 1109/2025
Request:
Please could you provide the following data for each of the past five performance years (2020/1, 2021/2, 2022/3, 2023/4 & 2024/5) inclusive:
- The total number of firearms licensing appeals received by your force per year.
- For each year, a breakdown of how these appeals were concluded, using the following categories:
- Appeal dismissed
- Appeal upheld
- Abandoned by appellant
- Abandoned by police
- Ongoing
If possible, I would appreciate the data in tabular format (e.g., spreadsheet or embedded table please see example below), but plain text is also acceptable.
|
Performance Year |
Total Appeals Received |
Appeal Dismissed |
Appeal Upheld |
Abandoned by appellant |
Abandoned by police (Certificate Returned) |
Ongoing
|
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20/21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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24/25 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Response:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Performance Year |
Total Appeals Received |
Appeal Dismissed |
Appeal Upheld |
Abandoned by appellant |
Abandoned by police (Certificate Returned) |
Ongoing
|
|
20/21 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
21/22 |
23 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
|
22/23 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
23/24 |
19 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
|
24/25 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 21/11/2025)
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